Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:32:32 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] openvswitch: support asymmetric conntrack | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 16:34:13 -0500
> The openvswitch module shares a common conntrack and NAT infrastructure > exposed via netfilter. It's possible that a packet needs both SNAT and > DNAT manipulation, due to e.g. tuple collision. Netfilter can support > this because it runs through the NAT table twice - once on ingress and > again after egress. The openvswitch module doesn't have such capability. > > Like netfilter hook infrastructure, we should run through NAT twice to > keep the symmetry. > > Fixes: 05752523e565 ("openvswitch: Interface with NAT.") > Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> > --- > NOTE: this is a repost to see if the email client issues go away.
Applied and queued up for -stable.
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