netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next v7 5/7] openvswitch: Handle NF

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:06:54 -0800
From:	Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
To:	Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next v7 5/7] openvswitch: Handle NF_REPEAT in conntrack action.

On 5 February 2016 at 17:41, Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org> wrote:
> Repeat the nf_conntrack_in() call when it returns NF_REPEAT.  This
> avoids dropping a SYN packet re-opening an existing TCP connection.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>

Arguably this is a bugfix.

Acked-by: Joe Stringer <joe@....org>