rdr pass for proto tcp sometimes creates states with expire time zero and so breaking connections

Andreas Longwitz longwitz at incore.de
Mon Feb 18 17:30:45 UTC 2019


Hello,

> Ok, thanks, I will commit the patch shortly.  I do not see a point in waiting
> for two more weeks, sure report me if anything goes wrong.

your patch for counter(9) on i386 definitely solves my problem discussed
in this thread.

Because fetching a counter is a rather expansive function we should use
counter_u64_fetch() in pf_state_expires() only when necessary. A "rdr
pass" rule should not cause more effort than separate "rdr" and "pass"
rules. For rules with adaptive timeout values the call of
counter_u64_fetch() should be accepted, but otherwise not.

For a small gain in performance especially for "rdr pass" rules I
suggest something like

--- pf.c.orig   2019-02-18 17:49:22.944751000 +0100
+++ pf.c        2019-02-18 17:55:07.396163000 +0100
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@
        if (!timeout)
                timeout = V_pf_default_rule.timeout[state->timeout];
        start = state->rule.ptr->timeout[PFTM_ADAPTIVE_START];
-       if (start) {
+       if (start && state->rule.ptr != &V_pf_default_rule) {
                end = state->rule.ptr->timeout[PFTM_ADAPTIVE_END];
                states = counter_u64_fetch(state->rule.ptr->states_cur);
        } else {

-- 
Andreas


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