On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 02:49:44PM -0800, Kevin Cernekee wrote: > Prior to Linux 4.4, it was usually harmless to send a CTA_HELP attribute > containing the name of the current helper. That is no longer the case: > as of Linux 4.4, if ctnetlink_change_helper() returns an error from > the ct->master check, processing of the request will fail, skipping the > NFQA_EXP attribute (if present). > > This patch changes the behavior to improve compatibility with user > programs that expect the kernel interface to work the way it did prior > to Linux 4.4. If a user program specifies CTA_HELP but the argument > matches the current conntrack helper name, ignore it instead of generating > an error. Also applied, thanks Kevin. -- 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
