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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: Possible to add netfilter hooks to IFB driver?
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:51:23 -0800
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On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:26:09 -0500
Brad Johnson <bjohnson@ecessa.com> wrote:

> I would like to add netfilter hooks to the IFB driver so I can do 
> iptables -j IFB (just like we can with IMQ). But I would like to know 
> first if there are any reasons this can not work. Please advise if this 
> is possible, and if so any tips would be appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brad

The risk is creating the same races that made IMQ unacceptable.