Subject: Re: netfilter: nf_conntrack_ipv4 does not show nf_nat as a user

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:51:31 +0100

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On 11/05/2007 07:12 PM, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333481#c3
>>>
>>> This is netfilter kernel problem. There is a usage count for the
>>> conntrack_ipv4
>>> module from the nf_nat module, which is not reported by lsmod.
>>>   
>> This is "fixed" in the current kernel.
> 
> By this hack?
> 
> [NETFILTER]: Fix/improve deadlock condition on module removal netfilter

Thats not really a hack, the patch is fully correct, the bug was in
modutils.

The patch I'm talking about is 591e6206:

[NETFILTER]: nf_nat: add symbolic dependency on IPv4 conntrack