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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [nf-next PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: Relax helper auto-assignment warning for nftables
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:25:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220219132547.GA27537@breakpoint.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220219132024.29328-1-phil@nwl.cc>

Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:
> With nftables, no template is being used and instead helper assignment
> happens after conntrack initialization. With helper auto assignment
> being disabled by default, this leads to this spurious kernel log
> suggesting to use iptables CT target.
>
> To avoid the bogus and confusing message, check helper's refcount: It is
> initialized to 1 by nf_conntrack_helper_register() and incremented by
> nf_conntrack_helper_try_module_get() during nft_ct_helper_obj_init(). So
> if its value is larger than 1, it must be in use *somewhere*.

Why not set cnet->auto_assign_helper_warned = true; from nft_ct.c?

  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-19 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-19 13:20 [nf-next PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: Relax helper auto-assignment warning for nftables Phil Sutter
2022-02-19 13:25 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2022-02-19 13:32   ` Phil Sutter
2022-02-19 13:41     ` Florian Westphal
2022-02-19 14:02       ` Phil Sutter

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