On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 12:38:53PM +0100, Sriram Yagnaraman wrote: > An SCTP endpoint can start an association through a path and tear it > down over another one. That means the initial path will not see the > shutdown sequence, and the conntrack entry will remain in ESTABLISHED > state for 5 days. > > By merging the HEARTBEAT_ACKED and ESTABLISHED states into one > ESTABLISHED state, there remains no difference between a primary or > secondary path. The timeout for the merged ESTABLISHED state is set to > 210 seconds (hb_interval * max_path_retrans + rto_max). So, even if a > path doesn't see the shutdown sequence, it will expire in a reasonable > amount of time. Thanks for new patchset version. One question below. > @@ -523,8 +512,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, > > nf_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, skb, timeouts[new_state]); > > - if (old_state == SCTP_CONNTRACK_COOKIE_ECHOED && > - dir == IP_CT_DIR_REPLY && > + if (dir == IP_CT_DIR_REPLY && > new_state == SCTP_CONNTRACK_ESTABLISHED) { > pr_debug("Setting assured bit\n"); > set_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status); Why old_state == SCTP_CONNTRACK_COOKIE_ECHOED was removed to set on the assured bit? Thanks.