From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH] [NETFILTER] nfnetlink_log: add sequence numbers for log events Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:50:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20060130.155056.41617808.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060130232348.GH4603@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org Return-path: To: laforge@netfilter.org In-Reply-To: <20060130232348.GH4603@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Harald Welte Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:23:48 +0100 > [NETFILTER] nfnetlink_log: add sequence numbers for log events > > By using a sequence number for every logged netfilter event, we can > determine from userspace whether logging information was lots somewhere > downstream. > > The user has a choice of either having per-instance local sequence > counters, or using a global sequence counter, or both. > > Signed-off-by: Harald Welte Also applied to net-2.6.17, thanks.