netdev - [PATCH 03/11] netfilter: fix nf_conntrack

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:57:17 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/11] netfilter: fix nf_conntrack_helper documentation

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Since kernel 4.7 this defaults to off.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
index 399e4e866a9c..433b6724797a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ nf_conntrack_generic_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
 	protocols.
 
 nf_conntrack_helper - BOOLEAN
-	0 - disabled
-	not 0 - enabled (default)
+	0 - disabled (default)
+	not 0 - enabled
 
 	Enable automatic conntrack helper assignment.
+	If disabled it is required to set up iptables rules to assign
+	helpers to connections.  See the CT target description in the
+	iptables-extensions(8) man page for further information.
 
 nf_conntrack_icmp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
 	default 30
-- 
2.1.4