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

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Message-ID: <20160218130919.GC2296@salvia>
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:09:19 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
Cc:	Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>, 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 Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 02:06:54PM -0800, Joe Stringer wrote:
> 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>

You can target this to the nf tree anytime if you want to see this fix
in mainline.