DESTROY events do not include the remaining timeout. Unconditionally add the timeout so one can see if the entry timed out or was removed explicitly. The latter case can happen when a conntrack gets deleted prematurely, e.g. due to a tcp reset, module removal, netdev notifier (nat/masquerade device went down), ctnetlink and so on. Pablo suggested to also add the tcp (or other l4 tracker) information to help with debugging. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index 3d0fd33be018..0ae03da5b944 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -779,14 +779,18 @@ ctnetlink_conntrack_event(unsigned int events, struct nf_ct_event *item) if (ctnetlink_dump_status(skb, ct) < 0) goto nla_put_failure; + if (ctnetlink_dump_timeout(skb, ct) < 0) + goto nla_put_failure; + if (events & (1 << IPCT_DESTROY)) { + /* always add protoinfo here */ + if (ctnetlink_dump_protoinfo(skb, ct) < 0) + goto nla_put_failure; + if (ctnetlink_dump_acct(skb, ct, type) < 0 || ctnetlink_dump_timestamp(skb, ct) < 0) goto nla_put_failure; } else { - if (ctnetlink_dump_timeout(skb, ct) < 0) - goto nla_put_failure; - if (events & (1 << IPCT_PROTOINFO) && ctnetlink_dump_protoinfo(skb, ct) < 0) goto nla_put_failure; -- 2.26.2