netdev - Re: [PATCHv4 net-next 5/5] net: move the nat function to nf_nat

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 16:21:41 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...dia.com>, Paul Blakey <paulb@...dia.com>,
        Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>,
        Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>,
        Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 net-next 5/5] net: move the nat function to nf_nat_ovs
 for ovs and tc

On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 11:56:12AM -0500, Xin Long wrote:
> There are two nat functions are nearly the same in both OVS and
> TC code, (ovs_)ct_nat_execute() and ovs_ct_nat/tcf_ct_act_nat().
> 
> This patch creates nf_nat_ovs.c under netfilter and moves them
> there then exports nf_ct_nat() so that it can be shared by both
> OVS and TC, and keeps the nat (type) check and nat flag update
> in OVS and TC's own place, as these parts are different between
> OVS and TC.
> 
> Note that in OVS nat function it was using skb->protocol to get
> the proto as it already skips vlans in key_extract(), while it
> doesn't in TC, and TC has to call skb_protocol() to get proto.
> So in nf_ct_nat_execute(), we keep using skb_protocol() which
> works for both OVS and TC contrack.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>

Thanks for addressing my feedback.