netfilter: nf_tables: remove nft_dereference()

This macro is unnecessary, it just hides details for one single caller.
nfnl_dereference() is just enough.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>

Author: ummakynes

include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h

@@ -1113,9 +1113,6 @@ void nft_trace_init(struct nft_traceinfo *info, const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt,
 
 void nft_trace_notify(struct nft_traceinfo *info);
 
-#define nft_dereference(p)					\
-	nfnl_dereference(p, NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES)
-
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_NFT_FAMILY(family)	\
 	MODULE_ALIAS("nft-afinfo-" __stringify(family))
 

net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

@@ -1222,13 +1222,13 @@ static struct nft_stats __percpu *nft_stats_alloc(const struct nlattr *attr)
 static void nft_chain_stats_replace(struct nft_base_chain *chain,
 				    struct nft_stats __percpu *newstats)
 {
+	struct nft_stats __percpu *oldstats;
+
 	if (newstats == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	if (chain->stats) {
-		struct nft_stats __percpu *oldstats =
-				nft_dereference(chain->stats);
-
+		oldstats = nfnl_dereference(chain->stats, NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(chain->stats, newstats);
 		synchronize_rcu();
 		free_percpu(oldstats);