Matthias Andree wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Nov 2004, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
>>The data that is changed is only a copy, the actual packet is not touched.
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>
>Why then does the application not see the packets as long as
>ip_conntrack_amanda is loaded and starts seeing them again as soon as
>"rmmod ip_conntrack_amanda" has completed?
>  
>

Your observation and your patch were correct, thanks. It is supposed
to be just a copy, I missed that it wasn't anymore. While your patch
works too, and is even faster with non-linear skbs, I don't like the
idea of using the skb as a scratch-area, so I sent this patch to Dave
instead.

Regards
Patrick