On 2/22/24 16:46, Jaime Caamaño Ruiz wrote:
> We have the option to tweak the ct action ct_state output with `*--ct-next*
> /flags/ <https://man.archlinux.org/man/ovs-vswitchd.8.en#ct-next>` trace 
> option.
> Would it make sense to have the same capability for the ip_frag field given 
> that
> the ct action might influence its value after re-injection? Or it does not?
> Not suggesting it for this patch, but maybe a further improvement down the 
> line.

It's a little controversial to add such a flag, since in general
OVS is not supposed to reassemble packets and it is a side effect
of a kernel conntrack implementation.  But I see how it can be
useful for the real world tracing since the Linux kernel does behave
this way and it's not going to change any time soon.

So, yeah, I think, it's reasonable to add such a trace modifier in
the future.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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