From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luciano Coelho Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: Xtables: idletimer target implementation Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:58:17 +0300 Message-ID: <1275479897-16779-1-git-send-email-luciano.coelho@nokia.com> Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, jengelh@medozas.de, Timo Teras To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.105.134]:18329 "EHLO mgw-mx09.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754322Ab0FBMFZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:05:25 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This patch implements an idletimer Xtables target that can be used to identify when interfaces have been idle for a certain period of time. Timers are identified by labels and are created when a rule is set with a new label. The rules also take a timeout value (in seconds) as an option. If more than one rule uses the same timer label, the timer will be restarted whenever any of the rules get a hit. One entry for each timer is created in sysfs. This attribute contains the timer remaining for the timer to expire. The attributes are located under the module's object: /sys/module/xt_IDLETIMER/idletimer/