Re: [PATCH net 06/12] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: honor expectation helper field

Ilya Maximets
2026-05-05T11:01:26Z

On 5/5/26 1:40 AM, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 01:16:05AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
>> Thanks for the detailed report. It seems I changed the semantics of
>> exp->helper, this used to be use to set a new helper for an expected
>> connection, which is the case for sip and h323.
>>
>> Would this patch help address the issue you are observing?
>
> Actually, this needs to set to NULL the new exp->assign_helper field,
> see new patch, untested.

I ran this through OVS system tests and all passed. So, this restores
the old behavior, at least for FTP (we do not support sip/h323). For
that part:

Tested-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>