netdev - Re: [PATCH] selftests: netfilter: ensure conntrack is enabled for helper test

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Message-ID: <aXADgghgiSBxYJpf@strlen.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:36:50 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: Aleksei Oladko <aleksey.oladko@...tuozzo.com>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: netfilter: ensure conntrack is enabled for
 helper test

Aleksei Oladko <aleksey.oladko@...tuozzo.com> wrote:
> The nft_conntrack_helper.sh assumes that conntrack entries are created
> for the generated test traffic. This is not the case when only raw table
> rules are installed, as conntrack is not required and remains disabled.

If that were true the test should fail, it calls 'conntrack -L' to check for helper
presence.