From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 23:57:47 +0300 > Aha! So in your patch __inet_del_ifa bypass first blocking_notifier_call_chain > > __inet_del_ifa > ... > if (in_dev->dead) > goto no_promotions; > > // First call to NETDEV_DOWN > ... > no_promotions: > rtmsg_ifa(RTM_DELADDR, ifa1, nlh, portid); > blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa1); > > and here we call for NETDEV_DOWN, which then hits masq_device_event > and go further to conntrack code. Yes that's where the notifier comes from, which happens with or without my patch. -- 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