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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Gao Feng <gfree.wind@foxmail.com>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf v5 2/3] netfilter: nat_helper: Make sure every proto nat module uses its nat_helper
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 03:02:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170414010249.GA29837@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000001d2b4b8$97256c40$c57044c0$@foxmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 08:46:44AM +0800, Gao Feng wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pablo Neira Ayuso [mailto:pablo@netfilter.org]
> > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 06:38:20PM +0800, gfree.wind@foxmail.com wrote:
> > > +static struct nf_ct_nat_helper pptp_nat = {
> > > +	.name			= "pptp_nat",
> > 
> > Why all these with "xyz_nat" names?
> 
> I just used the variable name before.
> How about rename it to "xyz_nat_helper"?
> > 
> > This is going to break ctnetlink, as this is the name that identifies the
> NAT
> > helper to be used.

This name is exposed to userspace, right?

So FTP uses to rely on the "nat-follow-master" expectfn. But now the
name will be "ftp_nat".

If that is the case, this would break backward.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-14  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-31 10:38 [PATCH nf v5 0/3] Refine the robust of helper expectfn gfree.wind
2017-03-31 10:38 ` [PATCH nf v5 1/3] netfilter: helper: Rename struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn to nf_ct_nat_helper gfree.wind
2017-03-31 10:38 ` [PATCH nf v5 2/3] netfilter: nat_helper: Make sure every proto nat module uses its nat_helper gfree.wind
2017-04-14  0:11   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2017-04-14  0:46     ` Gao Feng
2017-04-14  1:02       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2017-04-17  0:50         ` Gao Feng
2017-03-31 10:38 ` [PATCH nf v5 3/3] netfilter: nat_helper: Remove the expectations when its module is unloaded gfree.wind

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