Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:20:15 +0100 | From | Patrick McHardy <> | Subject | Re: [netfilter-core] 2.4.23/others and ip_conntrack causing hangs |
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Rusty Russell wrote:
>Unfortunately, some packets are still referencing connections, so the >module *cannot* go away. Figuring out exactly where the packets are >referenced from is the fun part. We explicitly drop the reference in >ip_local_deliver_finish() for exactly this reason. Perhaps there is >somewhere else we should be doing the same thing. > > Perhaps in dev_queue_xmit ? Otherwise packets stuck in queues hold references to conntracks. Loopback traffic might cause some trouble because the "previously seen?" expection in ip_conntrack_core wouldn't work anymore.
Best regards, Patrick
>Hope that clarifies, >Rusty. >-- > Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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