netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: move nf_ct_netns_get out of nf_conncount

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Message-ID: <20240718070007.GA24862@breakpoint.cc>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:00:07 +0200
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>,
	Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>,
	Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: move nf_ct_netns_get out of
 nf_conncount_init

Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote:
> This patch is to move nf_ct_netns_get() out of nf_conncount_init()
> and let the consumers of nf_conncount decide if they want to turn
> on netfilter conntrack.
> 
> It makes nf_conncount more flexible to be used in other places and
> avoids netfilter conntrack turned on when using it in openvswitch
> conntrack.

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