Re: [PATCH 1/5] netfilter: ipv6: move POSTROUTING invocation before fragmentation

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On Thursday 2010-04-01 14:28, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Assuming [nf-packet-flow.png] as a base, there are two
>>>> spots in which conntrack/defrag happens: PREROUTING and OUTPUT.
>>>> [...]
>>>> We never see fragments in the ruleset
>>>>
>>>>  a) for netif_rx received packets, defrag will be run early
>>>>     (yes, there's raw, but that's special anyway)
>>>>
>>>>  b) locally-generated packets are fragmented only after all of
>>>>     Netfilter is done.
>>> You're assuming conntrack is used.
>> 
>> That was what your original message was about, was it not?
>
>Partially, but the ruleset construction point you replied to of
>course only applies when conntrack is not used.
>
>> If there is no nf_defrag loaded, there is not much left besides
>> the standard IPv4 stack defrag on input, the fragmentation
>> on output, and the double-fragmentation on forward.
>> 
>> What did I miss?
>
>Now I seem to be missing something. Why are we suddenly talking
>about IPv4 and nf_defrag?

So when exactly is the problem showing?
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