Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [ cc: netfilter-devel ] > After enabling events and running conntrack -E i notice flood in output > of server that have PPPoE and PPTP connections. Here is the output: > > OfficeNAT ~ # conntrack -E > [UPDATE] gre 47 17999 src=192.168.0.140 dst=192.168.0.1 > srckey=0x0 dstkey=0x3 src=192.168.0.1 dst=192.168.0.140 srckey=0x3 > dstkey=0x0 [ASSURED] > [UPDATE] gre 47 17999 src=192.168.0.140 dst=192.168.0.1 > srckey=0x0 dstkey=0x3 src=192.168.0.1 dst=192.168.0.140 srckey=0x3 > dstkey=0x0 [ASSURED] [..] > Is it considered as a bug? I think it should not send on each packet > conntrack event. Bug. Update events should only be generated when something in the conntrack has changed (e.g. the connmark). Could you please try this patch (untested)? Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: conntrack_gre: only create ct assured event once diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_gre.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_gre.c --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_gre.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_gre.c @@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ static int gre_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, nf_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, skb, ct->proto.gre.stream_timeout); /* Also, more likely to be important, and not a probe. */ - set_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status); - nf_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_ASSURED, ct); + if (!test_and_set_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status)) + nf_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_ASSURED, ct); } else nf_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, skb, ct->proto.gre.timeout); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html