From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Cristian Constantin <const.crist@googlemail.com>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: integers byte order in netlink/NETLINK_NETFILTER messages
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:03:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YVXDxlfzEVybEn/W@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANCV4NPXskt-r4RNfQJeacoOAmKFjuV6CSKtqEe=gyCbpiZMaQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:45:30AM +0200, Cristian Constantin wrote:
> hi!
>
> in general, how are the integers encoded in the attributes of the
> NETLINK_NETFILTER messages: host byte order or network byte order? is
> the same byte order supposed to be used by both user space tools and
> the kernel?
nfnetlink attribute data is exposed in network byte order.
> in particular, how is the chain policy attribute encoded by the kernel
> when it sends an reply to a NFT_MSG_GETCHAIN request?
Through the NFTA_CHAIN_POLICY attribute.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-30 14:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-17 8:45 integers byte order in netlink/NETLINK_NETFILTER messages Cristian Constantin
2021-09-17 9:44 ` Florian Westphal
2021-09-30 14:03 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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