Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter: Add possibility to turn off netfilters defrag per netns

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On Wednesday 2012-01-04 11:18, Hans Schillstrom wrote:

>On Wednesday 04 January 2012 10:03:49 Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
>> 
>> > On Wednesday 04 January 2012 09:28:05 Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > In some cases it not desirable to have auto defrag.
>> > > > Ex. in a cluster where packets can arrive on different blades.
>> > > > In that case it is possible to use containers (LXC) and send
>> > > > all fragments to one place where defrag is enabled.
>> > > > 
>> > > > This patch makes it possible to turn off the defrag per network name space,
>> > > > by setting net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_nodefrag to 1.
>> > > > Both IPv4 and IPv6 is effected by this sysctl.
>> > > > Default is 0 which is defrag.
>> > > 
>> > > Conntrack assumes that the packets are defragmented and will drop any 
>> > > unfragmented one. So your patch results packet drops.
>> > 
>> > Hmmm, more work...
>> > > 
>> > > Also, if you want to disable defragmentation then why don't you simply 
>> > > "mark" the packets with the NOTRACK target?
>> > 
>> > I don't think that will work since NF_IP_PRI_CONNTRACK_DEFRAG is -400
>> 
>> Then change NF_IP_PRI_RAW so that it precedes NF_IP_PRI_CONNTRACK_DEFRAG. 
>> The raw table should be made possible to completely override conntack and 
>> defrag is implicit part of the latter.
>> 
>
>An other idea, turn off both conntrack and defrag
>i.e. do like NOTRAC and rename the flag  ?

Or just add a new table - that one we can remove/stash
when I get my xt2 patches out.
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