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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: Re: netlink multi-thread / libmnl / nfq
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Ryan Johnston <ryan@mediapixel.co.nz> wrote:
> Yes with --queue-balance do I open a socket via nfq_open() per thread
> or do I just have the one nfq_open() and have each thread call
> nfq_create_queue only?

Apparently both is possible (I had to look it up :-/)
but i'd suggest to have one fd per queue, i.e. nfq_open() per thread.