netfilter: conntrack: simplify nf_conntrack_alter_reply

nf_conntrack_alter_reply doesn't do helper reassignment anymore.
Remove the comments that make this claim.

Furthermore, remove dead code from the function and place ot
in nf_conntrack.h.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 9f6f2e643575..124136b5a79a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -2042,24 +2042,6 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_in);
 
-/* Alter reply tuple (maybe alter helper).  This is for NAT, and is
-   implicitly racy: see __nf_conntrack_confirm */
-void nf_conntrack_alter_reply(struct nf_conn *ct,
-			      const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *newreply)
-{
-	struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct);
-
-	/* Should be unconfirmed, so not in hash table yet */
-	WARN_ON(nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
-
-	nf_ct_dump_tuple(newreply);
-
-	ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].tuple = *newreply;
-	if (ct->master || (help && !hlist_empty(&help->expectations)))
-		return;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_alter_reply);
-
 /* Refresh conntrack for this many jiffies and do accounting if do_acct is 1 */
 void __nf_ct_refresh_acct(struct nf_conn *ct,
 			  enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index f22691f83853..4ed5878cb25b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -194,12 +194,7 @@ int __nf_ct_try_assign_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nf_conn *tmpl,
 	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper = NULL;
 	struct nf_conn_help *help;
 
-	/* We already got a helper explicitly attached. The function
-	 * nf_conntrack_alter_reply - in case NAT is in use - asks for looking
-	 * the helper up again. Since now the user is in full control of
-	 * making consistent helper configurations, skip this automatic
-	 * re-lookup, otherwise we'll lose the helper.
-	 */
+	/* We already got a helper explicitly attached (e.g. nft_ct) */
 	if (test_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &ct->status))
 		return 0;