On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 01:10 +0100, pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > This patch modifies the existing code to provide more specific > error message in the scope of each helper to help users to debug > the reason why the packet has been dropped, ie: [] > diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h [] > @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn { > void (*expectfn)(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp); > }; > > +extern void nf_ct_helper_log(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_conn *, > + const char *fmt, ...); this should be declared __printf(3, 4) void nf_ct_helper_log(etc...) to get the compiler to verify format and arguments. > @@ -210,8 +212,11 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff, > addr_beg_p - ib_ptr, > addr_end_p - addr_beg_p, > exp); > - else if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp) != 0) > + else if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp) != 0) { > + nf_ct_helper_log(skb, ct, "cannot add " > + "expectation"); do please try to avoid splitting formats nf_ct_helper_log(skb, ct, "cannot add expectation"); > @@ -1123,8 +1130,11 @@ static int process_sdp(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff, > dptr, datalen, mediaoff, > SDP_HDR_CONNECTION, SDP_HDR_MEDIA, > &rtp_addr); > - if (ret != NF_ACCEPT) > + if (ret != NF_ACCEPT) { > + nf_ct_helper_log(skb, ct, "cannot mangle " > + "media connection"); here too, etc... -- 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