linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 net-next 10/10] openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to ct action

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Message-ID: <CALnjE+oodxeS5R2-RxUjAnUr88sEdKcmNiOpeS8gYeQ84aAvuA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:39:58 -0700
From:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To:	Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, pablo <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fwestpha@...hat.com>,
	Hannes Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Justin Pettit <jpettit@...ira.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 net-next 10/10] openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to
 ct action

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
> On 19 August 2015 at 15:57, Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
>>> Add support for using conntrack helpers to assist protocol detection.
>>> The new OVS_CT_ATTR_HELPER attribute of the ct action specifies a helper
>>> to be used for this connection.
>>>
>>> Example ODP flows allowing FTP connections from ports 1->2:
>>> in_port=1,tcp,action=ct(helper=ftp,commit),2
>>> in_port=2,tcp,ct_state=-trk,action=ct(),recirc(1)
>>> recirc_id=1,in_port=2,tcp,ct_state=+trk-new+est,action=1
>>> recirc_id=1,in_port=2,tcp,ct_state=+trk+rel,action=1
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
>>> ---
>>> v2-v3: No change.
>>> v4: Change error code for unknown helper ENOENT->EINVAL.
>>
>> I got following compilation warning :
>>
>> net/openvswitch/conntrack.c:352:42: error: incompatible types in
>> comparison expression (different address spaces)
>
> Is this made available via another sparse flag? It looks like it's
> related to the __rcu as you've mentioned below, but I'm not seeing
> this (latest sparse, gcc-4.9.2)
>
You need to enable RCU space checker in kernel config.
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