Re: [PATCH] iptables: use skb->len for accounting

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Le vendredi 23 juillet 2010 à 11:34 +0800, Changli Gao a écrit :
> iptables: use skb->len for accounting
> 
> use skb->len for accounting as xt_quota does.
> 

Why ?

This is a gratuitous change, unless you have very strong arguments.

xt_quota is an exception, dont change all others because of it !

It is about actual data on wire, including overhead (excess bytes after
IP frame if any).

But IP tables accounting is about IP only.

> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
> ----
>  net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> index b38c118..3c584a6 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  				goto no_match;
>  		}
>  
> -		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, ntohs(ip->tot_len), 1);
> +		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, skb->len, 1);
>  
>  		t = ipt_get_target(e);
>  		IP_NF_ASSERT(t->u.kernel.target);
> --



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