Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] netfilter: load nf_log_syslog on enabling nf_conntrack_log_invalid

[Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>]

Cc: stable

On 2025/5/28 19:42, Lance Yang wrote:
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to review!
> 
> On 2025/5/28 19:05, Florian Westphal wrote:
>> Lance Yang <ioworker0@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
>>>
>>> When no logger is registered, nf_conntrack_log_invalid fails to log 
>>> invalid
>>> packets, leaving users unaware of actual invalid traffic. Improve 
>>> this by
>>> loading nf_log_syslog, similar to how 'iptables -I FORWARD 1 -m 
>>> conntrack
>>> --ctstate INVALID -j LOG' triggers it.
>>
>> Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
> 
> Hmm... should this patch be backported to stable kernels? Without it,
> nf_conntrack_log_invalid won't log invalid packets when no logger is
> registered, causing unnecessary debugging effort ;)
> 
> Back then, I actually thought my machine wasn't seeing any invalid
> packets... turns out they just weren't logged in dmesg :(
> 
> Thanks,
> Lance