On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:21:31AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Hi Florian,
>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 08:31:08PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> [...]
> > resurrect an old patch from Pablo Neira to remove the untracked objects.
>
> Thanks for doing so :)
>
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
> > index 6a8e33dd4ecb..b4a0a1940118 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
> > @@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ enum ip_conntrack_info {
> > /* only for userspace compatibility */
> > #ifndef __KERNEL__
> > IP_CT_NEW_REPLY = IP_CT_NUMBER,
> > +#else
> > + IP_CT_UNTRACKED = 7,
>
> This seems to be exposed via nfnetlink_queue conntrack support.
>
> > @@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ enum ip_conntrack_status {
> > IPS_TEMPLATE_BIT = 11,
> > IPS_TEMPLATE = (1 << IPS_TEMPLATE_BIT),
> >
> > - /* Conntrack is a fake untracked entry */
> > + /* Conntrack is a fake untracked entry. Obsolete and not used anymore */
> > IPS_UNTRACKED_BIT = 12,
> > IPS_UNTRACKED = (1 << IPS_UNTRACKED_BIT),
>
> I wonder if we should just set this via ctnetlink, so the interface
> keeps stable. Even if we don't use this bit anymore. These are also
> exposed via ctnetlink CTA_STATUS.
Forget this.
This patch is perfectly fine.
Applied, thanks Florian!
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