netfilter: conntrack: add nf_conntrack_default_on sysctl

This switch (default on) can be used to disable automatic registration
of connection tracking functionality in newly created network
namespaces.

This means that when net namespace goes down (or the tracker protocol
module is unloaded) we *might* have to unregister the hooks.

We can either add another per-netns variable that tells if
the hooks got registered by default, or, alternatively, just call
the protocol _put() function and have the callee deal with a possible
'extra' put() operation that doesn't pair with a get() one.

This uses the latter approach, i.e. a put() without a get has no effect.

Conntrack is still enabled automatically regardless of the new sysctl
setting if the new net namespace requires connection tracking, e.g. when
NAT rules are created.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
index e7dcd72be21cc..e01559b4d7818 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto.h
@@ -73,9 +73,18 @@ struct nf_conntrack_l3proto {
 
 extern struct nf_conntrack_l3proto __rcu *nf_ct_l3protos[AF_MAX];
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 /* Protocol pernet registration. */
 int nf_ct_l3proto_pernet_register(struct net *net,
 				  struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *proto);
+#else
+static inline int nf_ct_l3proto_pernet_register(struct net *n,
+						struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *p)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 void nf_ct_l3proto_pernet_unregister(struct net *net,
 				     struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *proto);