openvswitch: Add eventmask support to CT action.
Add a new optional conntrack action attribute OVS_CT_ATTR_EVENTMASK, which can be used in conjunction with the commit flag (OVS_CT_ATTR_COMMIT) to set the mask of bits specifying which conntrack events (IPCT_*) should be delivered via the Netfilter netlink multicast groups. Default behavior depends on the system configuration, but typically a lot of events are delivered. This can be very chatty for the NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_UPDATE group, even if only some types of events are of interest. Netfilter core init_conntrack() adds the event cache extension, so we only need to set the ctmask value. However, if the system is configured without support for events, the setting will be skipped due to extension not being found. Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@ovn.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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