Re: [PATCH net 1/2] openvswitch: support asymmetric conntrack

[Aaron Conole]

Pravin Shelar <pshelar@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 1:07 PM Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The patch looks ok. But I am not able apply it. can you fix the encoding.

Hrrm.  I didn't make any special changes (just used git send-email).  I
will look at spinning a second patch.