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Message-ID: <20190325143851.GA5037@p50>
Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:38:51 -0300
From:   Flavio Leitner <fbl@...close.org>
To:     Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joe Stringer <joe@....org>, ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: add seqadj extension when NAT is
 used.

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 12:32:37PM -0700, Pravin Shelar wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 9:52 AM Flavio Leitner <fbl@...close.org> wrote:
> >
> > When the conntrack is initialized, there is no helper attached
> > yet so the nat info initialization (nf_nat_setup_info) skips
> > adding the seqadj ext.
> >
> > A helper is attached later when the conntrack is not confirmed
> > but is going to be committed. In this case, if NAT is needed then
> > adds the seqadj ext as well.
> >
> > Fixes: 16ec3d4fbb96 ("openvswitch: Fix cached ct with helper.")
> > Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...close.org>
> > ---
> >  net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> I am not able to apply this patch.

This is for Davem net-next. I got the patch from ML and it worked for
me.


> > diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
> > index 1b6896896fff..a7664515c943 100644
> > --- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
> > +++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
> > @@ -990,6 +990,11 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
> >                                                             GFP_ATOMIC);
> >                         if (err)
> >                                 return err;
> > +
> > +                       if (info->nat && nfct_help(ct) && !nfct_seqadj(ct)) {
> Given helper is just assigned, is nfct_help() check required here?

I tried to be very clear, but you're right that it's not required.
I will post a v2 removing that.
Thanks
fbl

> 
> > +                               if (!nfct_seqadj_ext_add(ct))
> > +                                       return -EINVAL;
> > +                       }
> >                 }
> >
> >                 /* Call the helper only if:
> > --
> > 2.20.1
> >
> >
> >