Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: openvswitch: Be liberal in tcp conntrack.

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Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:31:26 +0530 nusiddiq@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Numan Siddique <nusiddiq@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > There is no easy way to distinguish if a conntracked tcp packet is
> > marked invalid because of tcp_in_window() check error or because
> > it doesn't belong to an existing connection. With this patch,
> > openvswitch sets liberal tcp flag for the established sessions so
> > that out of window packets are not marked invalid.
> > 
> > A helper function - nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(nf_conn) is added which
> > sets this flag for both the directions of the nf_conn.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Numan Siddique <nusiddiq@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Florian, LGTY?

Sorry, this one sailed past me.

Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>



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