netdev - Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Remove incorrect WARN

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 14:12:01 -0700
From:	Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
To:	Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Remove incorrect WARN_ONCE().

On 1 August 2016 at 19:36, Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org> wrote:
> ovs_ct_find_existing() issues a warning if an existing conntrack entry
> classified as IP_CT_NEW is found, with the premise that this should
> not happen.  However, a newly confirmed, non-expected conntrack entry
> remains IP_CT_NEW as long as no reply direction traffic is seen.  This
> has resulted into somewhat confusing kernel log messages.  This patch
> removes this check and warning.
>
> Fixes: 289f2253 ("openvswitch: Find existing conntrack entry after upcall.")
> Suggested-by: Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>

Thanks for the patch, this will remove a false positive kernel log
from a common case in OVS with stateful processing.

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