On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 12:27:36AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Pablo Neira Ayuso <pa...@netfilter.org> wrote:
> > > - if (NF_CT_DIRECTION(hash))
> > > -         goto release;
> > > - if (nf_ct_l3num(ct) != AF_INET)
> > > + /* check if we raced w. object reuse */
> > > + if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ||
> > 
> > This refactoring includes this new check, is this intentional?
> 
> Hmm, yes and no.
> 
> I should have put it in an extra commit :-/
> 
> Without this, we might erronously print a conntrack that is NEW
> and which isn't confirmed yet.
> 
> We won't crash since seq_print doesn't depend on extensions being
> set up properly, but it seems better to only display those conntracks
> that are part of the conntrack hash table (i.e., have the confirmed bit
> set).

I see, a conntrack that shouldn't be printed be sneak in the listing.

> Let me know if you want me to respin this as a separate fix, thanks!

I will just append a notice on the commit message before applying.

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