netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/sched: act_ct: enable stats for HW offloaded entries

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Message-ID: <20201127180032.52b320a5@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.DHCP.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:00:32 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, wenxu@...oud.cn, paulb@...dia.com,
        ozsh@...dia.com, ahleihel@...dia.com,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/sched: act_ct: enable stats for HW
 offloaded entries

On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:40:49 -0300 Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> By setting NF_FLOWTABLE_COUNTER. Otherwise, the updates added by
> commit ef803b3cf96a ("netfilter: flowtable: add counter support in HW
> offload") are not effective when using act_ct.
> 
> While at it, now that we have the flag set, protect the call to
> nf_ct_acct_update() by commit beb97d3a3192 ("net/sched: act_ct: update
> nf_conn_acct for act_ct SW offload in flowtable") with the check on
> NF_FLOWTABLE_COUNTER, as also done on other places.
> 
> Note that this shouldn't impact performance as these stats are only
> enabled when net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct is enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Why no Fixes tag and not targeting net here?