Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_connlimit: fix race in connection counting

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 08:48:39AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:17:38PM +0000, Alakesh Haloi wrote:
> > An iptable rule like the following on a multicore systems will result in
[...]
> > This fix adds an additional field to track such pending connections
> > and prevent them from being deleted by another execution thread on
> > a different core and returns correct count.
[...]
> What is the git commit id of this patch in Linus's tree?

There is no upstream commit upstream yet.

@Alakesh: You have to submit your patch to
netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx first for review, then patch may be
integrated upstream via nf.git tree. This patch will be passed to
upstream maintainer David S. Miller via pull request, so it will
propagate to the net.git, and then David will pass it up to Linus
again via pull request.

Telling all this because by when patch shows in Linus git tree, then
we can request inclusion for -stable, not sooner.

Thanks.



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