From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> At the beginning in 2009 one patch [1] introduced collecting drop counter in nf_conntrack_in() by returning -NF_DROP. Later, another patch [2] changed the return value of tcp_packet() which now is renamed to nf_conntrack_tcp_packet() from -NF_DROP to NF_DROP. Well, as NF_DROP is equal to 0, inverting NF_DROP makes no sense as patch [2] did many years ago. [1] commit 7d1e04598e5e ("netfilter: nf_conntrack: account packets drop by tcp_packet()") [2] commit ec8d540969da ("netfilter: conntrack: fix dropping packet after l4proto->packet()") Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c index c63868666bd9..6102dc09cdd3 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c @@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ nf_conntrack_in(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_hook_state *state) goto repeat; NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, invalid); - if (ret == -NF_DROP) + if (ret == NF_DROP) NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(state->net, drop); ret = -ret; -- 2.37.3