Conntrack GC running in Retina default

pkg/plugin/common/common_linux.go

@@ -89,3 +89,16 @@ func NewPerfReader(l *log.ZapLogger, m *ebpf.Map, max, min int) (*perf.Reader, e
 	}
 	return nil, errors.New("failed to create perf reader")
 }
+
+// IsPluginEnabled checks if a given plugin is enabled in the config
+func IsPluginEnabled(enabledPlugins []string, pluginName string) bool {
+	if enabledPlugins == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, plugin := range enabledPlugins {
+		if plugin == pluginName {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

pkg/plugin/conntrack/conntrack_linux.go

@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ func GenerateDynamic(ctx context.Context, dynamicHeaderPath string, conntrackMet
 
 // Run starts the Conntrack garbage collection loop.
 func (ct *Conntrack) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Check if packetparser plugin is enabled
+	if !plugincommon.IsPluginEnabled(ct.cfg.EnabledPlugins, "packetparser") {
+		ct.l.Info("Skipping Conntrack GC loop as packetparser plugin is not enabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(ct.gcFrequency)
 	defer ticker.Stop()