netfilter: conntrack: warn the user if there is a better helper to use
After db29a950 ("netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known protocols"), if the specific helper is built but not loaded (a standard for most distributions) systems with a restrictive firewall but weak configuration regarding netfilter modules to load, will silently stop working. This patch then puts a warning message so the sysadmin knows where to start looking into. It's a pr_warn_once regardless of protocol itself but it should be enough to give a hint on where to look. Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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