netdev - Re: [PATCH 07/31] netfilter: ctnetlink: Support L3 protocol-filter on flush

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Date:   Wed, 1 May 2019 10:47:56 +0200
From:   Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Netfilter Development Mailing list 
        <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/31] netfilter: ctnetlink: Support L3 protocol-filter on flush

Hello,

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 12:07 PM Nicolas Dichtel
<nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:
> Since this patch, there is a regression with 'conntrack -F', it does not flush
> anymore ipv6 conntrack entries.
> In fact, the conntrack tool set by default the family to AF_INET and forbid to
> set the family to something else (the '-f' option is not allowed for the command
> 'flush').

I am very sorry for my late reply and for the trouble my change has
caused. However, I am not sure if I agree that it triggers a
regression. Had conntrack for example not set any family and my change
caused only IPv4 entries to be flushed, then I agree it would have
been a regression. If you ask me, what my change has exposed is
incorrect API usage in conntrack. One could argue that since conntrack
explicitly sets the family to AF_INET, the fact that IPv6 entries also
has been flushed has been incorrect. However, if the general consensus
is that this is a regression, I am more than willing to help in
finding a solution (if I have anything to contribute :)).

BR,
Kristian