Viacheslav Galaktionov via dev <[email protected]> writes:

> When a packet hits a flow rule without an explicitly specified helper,
> OvS has to rely on automatic application layer gateway detection to
> find related connections. This works as long as services are running on
> their standard ports, e.g. when FTP servers use TCP port 21.
>
> However, sometimes it's necessary to run services on non-standard ports.
> In that case, there is no way for OvS to guess which protocol is used
> within a given flow. Of course, this means that no related connections
> can be recognized.
>
> When a connection is committed with a particular helper, it's reasonable
> to assume this helper will be used in subsequent CT actions, as long as
> they don't override it. Achieve this behaviour by using the committed
> connection's helper when a flow rule does not specify one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Galaktionov <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Ivan Malov <[email protected]>
> ---

Thanks, applied.

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