Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default configurable

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On Tuesday 2009-06-30 21:06, David Miller wrote:
>Adding appropriate lists and persons to CC:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 05:27:47PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>>> 
>>> However, because nf_conntrack introduces an skb_orphan(), it is now
>>> recommended that bridge-nf-call-iptables be disabled completely so as
>>> to ensure features like TUNSETSNDBUF work as expected.
>> 
>> Patrick, does conntrack ever make sense for bridging? Perhaps
>> we should get rid of that completely?

It makes sense absolutely. Consider:

* packet enters bridge
* NF_HOOK(PF_INET6, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, ...) is called by nr_netfilter.c
* (connection tracking entry is set up)
* let bridging decision be "local delivery"
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