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Reverting one of them after a previous one has\nbeen already reverted by upstream.\n\n[Fix]\n\nRevert commit def3e30c59e\n\n[Test case]\n\nCompile tested\nFull test will be performed by NVIDIA R&D engineers to confirm the successful\noutcome after patch is reverted.\n\n[Regression potential]\n\nThe code works in conntrack and with TCP timeouts; it can break some\nTCP flows and offloading structures, leading to broken connections or\nstill under-performing network speed.\n\nAlessio Faina (1):\n UBUNTU: SAUCE: Revert \"netfilter: conntrack: rework offload nf_conn\n timeout extension logic\"\n\n include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h | 10 +++\n net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 6 ++\n net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 105 +--------------------------\n 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)"}