6 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
index be4c9eb3243f..dc20881004bc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 		}
 
 		exp->expectfn = NULL;
+		exp->flags = 0;
 
 		exp->tuple.src.ip = ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple.src.ip;
 		exp->tuple.src.u.tcp.port = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
index a0648600190e..e23e8ca476c0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
@@ -264,10 +264,14 @@ find_expectation(const struct ip_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
 		   master ct never got confirmed, we'd hold a reference to it
 		   and weird things would happen to future packets). */
 		if (ip_ct_tuple_mask_cmp(tuple, &i->tuple, &i->mask)
-		    && is_confirmed(i->master)
-		    && del_timer(&i->timeout)) {
-			unlink_expect(i);
-			return i;
+		    && is_confirmed(i->master)) {
+			if (i->flags & IP_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT) {
+				atomic_inc(&i->use);
+				return i;
+			} else if (del_timer(&i->timeout)) {
+				unlink_expect(i);
+				return i;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.c
index 3a2627db1729..1b79ec36085f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 		  { 0xFFFFFFFF, { .tcp = { 0xFFFF } }, 0xFF }});
 
 	exp->expectfn = NULL;
+	exp->flags = 0;
 
 	/* Now, NAT might want to mangle the packet, and register the
 	 * (possibly changed) expectation itself. */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_irc.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_irc.c
index 25438eec21a1..d7a8a98c05e1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 				{ { 0, { 0 } },
 				  { 0xFFFFFFFF, { .tcp = { 0xFFFF } }, 0xFF }});
 			exp->expectfn = NULL;
+			exp->flags = 0;
 			if (ip_nat_irc_hook)
 				ret = ip_nat_irc_hook(pskb, ctinfo, 
 						      addr_beg_p - ib_ptr,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index a4e9278db4ed..3dc3a7bab3b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1413,6 +1413,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_expect(struct nfattr *cda[])
 	}
 	
 	exp->expectfn = NULL;
+	exp->flags = 0;
 	exp->master = ct;
 	memcpy(&exp->tuple, &tuple, sizeof(struct ip_conntrack_tuple));
 	memcpy(&exp->mask, &mask, sizeof(struct ip_conntrack_tuple));
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tftp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tftp.c
index f8ff170f390a..d2b590533452 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tftp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tftp.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static int tftp_help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 		exp->mask.dst.u.udp.port = 0xffff;
 		exp->mask.dst.protonum = 0xff;
 		exp->expectfn = NULL;
+		exp->flags = 0;
 
 		DEBUGP("expect: ");
 		DUMP_TUPLE(&exp->tuple);