[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] act_ct: support asymmetric conntrack

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Thu Dec 5 00:33:48 UTC 2019


From: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Dec 2019 16:34:14 -0500

> The act_ct TC module shares a common conntrack and NAT infrastructure
> exposed via netfilter.  It's possible that a packet needs both SNAT and
> DNAT manipulation, due to e.g. tuple collision.  Netfilter can support
> this because it runs through the NAT table twice - once on ingress and
> again after egress.  The act_ct action doesn't have such capability.
> 
> Like netfilter hook infrastructure, we should run through NAT twice to
> keep the symmetry.
> 
> Fixes: b57dc7c13ea9 ("net/sched: Introduce action ct")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner at gmail.com>
> ---
> NOTE: this is a repost to see if the email client issues go away.

Applied and queued up for -stable.

Next time, please:

1) Provide an introductory posting ala "[PATCH net 0/N] ..." describing
   what the patch series does on a high level, how it is doing it, and
   why it is doing it that way.

   This allows people to understand what they are about to read, and it
   gives me a single mail to respon to when I apply your entire series.

2) Always clearly indicate the target GIT tree in your Subject line,
   in these cases it should have been "[PATCH net N/M]"

Thank you.


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