netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/6] netfilter: bpf: Prevent defrag module unload while link active

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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 22:20:17 +0200
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>
Cc: pablo@...filter.org, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, kadlec@...filter.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	dsahern@...nel.org, fw@...len.de, daniel@...earbox.net,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/6] netfilter: bpf: Prevent defrag module
 unload while link active

Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz> wrote:
> While in practice we could handle the module being unloaded while a
> netfilter link (that requested defrag) was active, it's a better user
> experience to prevent the defrag module from going away. It would
> violate user expectations if fragmented packets started showing up if
> some other part of the system tried to unload defrag module.

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