netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net/sched: Fix ct zone matching for invalid conntrack state

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Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:35:08 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Paul Blakey <paulb@...dia.com>
Cc:     <dev@...nvswitch.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        "Pravin B Shelar" <pshelar@....org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...dia.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...dia.com>, Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] net/sched: Fix ct zone matching for invalid
 conntrack state

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:02:37 +0200 Paul Blakey wrote:
> Currently, when a packet is marked as invalid conntrack_in in act_ct,
> post_ct will be set, and connection info (nf_conn) will be removed
> from the skb. Later openvswitch and flower matching will parse this
> as ct_state=+trk+inv. But because the connection info is missing,
> there is also no zone info to match against even though the packet
> is tracked.
> 
> This series fixes that, by passing the last executed zone by act_ct.
> The zone info is passed along from act_ct to the ct flow dissector
> (used by flower to extract zone info) and to ovs, the same way as post_ct
> is passed, via qdisc layer skb cb to dissector, and via skb extension
> to OVS.
> 
> Since there was no more for BPF skb cb to extend the qdisc skb cb,
> tc info on the qdisc skb cb is moved to a tc specific cb that extend it
> instead of within it (same as BPF).

The last paragraph is missing words.

Please repost and cast a wider net for reviewers, you must CC blamed
authors.