[libvirt-users] netfilter+libvirt=(smth got broken?)

[Nikolai Zhubr]

21.03.2013 0:41, Laine Stump wrote:
[...]
>> -        !!(info->invert_flags&  XT_CONNTRACK_DIRECTION))
>> +        !(info->invert_flags&  XT_CONNTRACK_DIRECTION))
>>           return false;
>>
>>       if (info->match_flags&  XT_CONNTRACK_ORIGSRC)
>>
>> So apparently, netfilter's behaviour was indeed reversed at some
>> point, therefore libvirt stopped working properly.
>
> To save me the trouble, can you point me at a copy of the patch so I can
> read the commit message?

Maybe this
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel/38602
and this
http://git.opencores.org/?a=commit&p=linux&h=96120d86fe302c006259baee9061eea9e1b9e486
will be of some use.

>
> That seems a very bad thing to do :-/
>
>>
>> I'd guess libvirt needs to be adapted then? Is it a known issue or
>> should I fill in bugreport at Novell/Red Hat?
>
> I suppose it needs to be adapted, but how are we supposed to know which
> way to go? Some magic number of kernel version?

Yeah, makes me wonder.
Anyway, I've filed a bugreport at Novell (with a trivial patch proposed, 
although not taking into account possible "older" kernels hanging around 
with "historical" behaviour)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810611

Nikolai

>
> Bah. (This is the 2nd issue this week caused by a change in kernel ABI,
> so I'm not in a good mood...)
>
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