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    netfilter: nf_log: fix error on write NONE to logger choice sysctl · c6ac37d8
    Pavel Tikhomirov authored
    
    
    It is hard to unbind nf-logger:
    
      echo NONE > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
      bash: echo: write error: No such file or directory
    
      sysctl -w net.netfilter.nf_log.0=NONE
      sysctl: setting key "net.netfilter.nf_log.0": No such file or directory
      net.netfilter.nf_log.0 = NONE
    
    You need explicitly send '\0', for instance like:
    
      echo -e "NONE\0" > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
    
    That seem to be strange, so fix it using proc_dostring.
    
    Now it works fine:
       modprobe nfnetlink_log
       echo nfnetlink_log > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
       cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
       nfnetlink_log
       echo NONE > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
       cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
       NONE
    
    v2: add missed error check for proc_dostring
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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