diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index f08e870100f4916b2553c07365e732407c77360c..72975fa8795d21c1c03a247ab4f9fc9aa5a91815 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ extern void nfnl_unlock(void);
extern int nfnetlink_subsys_register(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *n);
extern int nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *n);
-extern int nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr,
+extern void nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr,
struct nfattr *nfa, int len);
#define nfattr_parse_nested(tb, max, nfa) \
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index 02f303cf201e357c3710a9f4aae3a3243dc5480a..838262e17376dab3be9e3e21237d39e2c42a74b9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -482,9 +482,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_ip(struct nfattr *attr, struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
DEBUGP("entered %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
-
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_IP_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_IP_MAX, attr);
if (nfattr_bad_size(tb, CTA_IP_MAX, cta_min_ip))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -500,9 +498,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_ip(struct nfattr *attr, struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
DEBUGP("leaving\n");
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
static const int cta_min_proto[CTA_PROTO_MAX] = {
@@ -524,8 +519,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_proto(struct nfattr *attr,
DEBUGP("entered %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTO_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTO_MAX, attr);
if (nfattr_bad_size(tb, CTA_PROTO_MAX, cta_min_proto))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -542,9 +536,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple_proto(struct nfattr *attr,
}
return ret;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
static inline int
@@ -558,8 +549,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple(struct nfattr *cda[], struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
memset(tuple, 0, sizeof(*tuple));
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_TUPLE_MAX, cda[type-1]) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_TUPLE_MAX, cda[type-1]);
if (!tb[CTA_TUPLE_IP-1])
return -EINVAL;
@@ -586,9 +576,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_tuple(struct nfattr *cda[], struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
DEBUGP("leaving\n");
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED
@@ -606,11 +593,10 @@ static int ctnetlink_parse_nat_proto(struct nfattr *attr,
DEBUGP("entered %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTONAT_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTONAT_MAX, attr);
if (nfattr_bad_size(tb, CTA_PROTONAT_MAX, cta_min_protonat))
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ return -1;
npt = ip_nat_proto_find_get(ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple.dst.protonum);
if (!npt)
@@ -629,9 +615,6 @@ static int ctnetlink_parse_nat_proto(struct nfattr *attr,
DEBUGP("leaving\n");
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
static inline int
@@ -645,8 +628,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_nat(struct nfattr *cda[],
memset(range, 0, sizeof(*range));
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_NAT_MAX, cda[CTA_NAT-1]) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_NAT_MAX, cda[CTA_NAT-1]);
if (tb[CTA_NAT_MINIP-1])
range->min_ip = *(u_int32_t *)NFA_DATA(tb[CTA_NAT_MINIP-1]);
@@ -668,9 +650,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_nat(struct nfattr *cda[],
DEBUGP("leaving\n");
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
#endif
@@ -681,8 +660,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_help(struct nfattr *attr, char **helper_name)
DEBUGP("entered %s\n", __FUNCTION__);
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_HELP_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_HELP_MAX, attr);
if (!tb[CTA_HELP_NAME-1])
return -EINVAL;
@@ -690,9 +668,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_help(struct nfattr *attr, char **helper_name)
*helper_name = NFA_DATA(tb[CTA_HELP_NAME-1]);
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
static int
@@ -960,8 +935,7 @@ ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(struct ip_conntrack *ct, struct nfattr *cda[])
u_int16_t npt = ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple.dst.protonum;
int err = 0;
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTOINFO_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTOINFO_MAX, attr);
proto = ip_conntrack_proto_find_get(npt);
if (!proto)
@@ -972,9 +946,6 @@ ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(struct ip_conntrack *ct, struct nfattr *cda[])
ip_conntrack_proto_put(proto);
return err;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -ENOMEM;
}
static int
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
index d6701cafbcc22311156a92e06fae3e29a02be8ac..6ea4b22ff28dfdb504bd37cc8f55f80e9b29db65 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ static int nfattr_to_tcp(struct nfattr *cda[], struct ip_conntrack *ct)
struct nfattr *attr = cda[CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP-1];
struct nfattr *tb[CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_MAX];
- if (nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_MAX, attr) < 0)
- goto nfattr_failure;
+ nfattr_parse_nested(tb, CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_MAX, attr);
if (!tb[CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_STATE-1])
return -EINVAL;
@@ -374,9 +373,6 @@ static int nfattr_to_tcp(struct nfattr *cda[], struct ip_conntrack *ct)
write_unlock_bh(&tcp_lock);
return 0;
-
-nfattr_failure:
- return -1;
}
#endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 4bc27a6334c169690650dd900031fde729b35b73..f8bd7c7e7921530df94ec1310dcf77884b8b1bbc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void __nfa_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen,
memset(NFA_DATA(nfa) + attrlen, 0, NFA_ALIGN(size) - size);
}
-int nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct nfattr *nfa, int len)
+void nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct nfattr *nfa, int len)
{
memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct nfattr *) * maxattr);
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ int nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct nfattr *nfa, int len)
tb[flavor-1] = nfa;
nfa = NFA_NEXT(nfa, len);
}
-
- return 0;
}
/**