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commit 6ae7989c9af0d98ab64196f4f4c6f6499454bd23 upstream. nf_ct_put() results in a usesless indirection: nf_ct_put -> nf_conntrack_put -> nf_conntrack_destroy -> rcu readlock + indirect call of ct_hooks->destroy(). There are two _put helpers: nf_ct_put and nf_conntrack_put. The latter is what should be used in code that MUST NOT cause a linker dependency on the conntrack module (e.g. calls from core network stack). Everyone else should call nf_ct_put() instead. A followup patch will convert a few nf_conntrack_put() calls to nf_ct_put(), in particular from modules that already have a conntrack dependency such as act_ct or even nf_conntrack itself. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.