netdev - Re: [PATCH netfilter] netfilter: conntrack: udp: generate event on switch to stream timeout

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Message-ID: <20211015105046.GI2942@breakpoint.cc>
Date:   Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:50:46 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Linux Network Development Mailing List 
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netfilter Development Mailing List 
        <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH netfilter] netfilter: conntrack: udp: generate event on
 switch to stream timeout

Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 2:57 AM Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> wrote:
> > Do you think it makes sense to just delay setting the ASSURED bit
> > until after the 2s period?
> 
> That would work for this particular use case.... but I don't know if
> it's a good idea.
> I did of course think of it, but the commit message seemed to imply
> there's a good reason to set the assured bit earlier rather than
> later...
> 
> A udp flow becoming bidirectional seems like an important event to
> notify about...
> Afterall, the UDP flow might become a stream 29 seconds after it
> becomes bidirectional...

Oh right, never mind then.

Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>