netdev - Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 10/10] openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to ct action

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Message-ID: <CALnjE+qAEMRTFZ2PPam46YcrigKbi=ZRq5eE1r273-gZmAMOwg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:46:08 -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>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 10/10] openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to
 ct action

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:32 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. If no helper is specified, then helpers
> will be automatically applied as per the sysctl configuration of
> net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_helper.
>
> The helper may be specified as part of the conntrack action, eg:
> ct(helper=ftp). Initial packets for related connections should be
> committed to allow later packets for the flow to be considered
> established.
>
> Example ovs-ofctl 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)
> in_port=2,tcp,ct_state=+trk-new+est,action=1
> in_port=2,tcp,ct_state=+trk+rel,action=1
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
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