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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber-dcUjhNyLwpNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
To: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym-LPO8gxj9N8aZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Peter Warasin <peter-k8AlXt1uIdjQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	netfilter-devel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	ebtables-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 1/2] Adds ebt_nflog watcher to kernel.
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:50:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47C37E75.2080803@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1203981841.2959.6.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>

Bart De Schuymer wrote:
> Op di, 26-02-2008 te 00:03 +0100, schreef Peter Warasin:
>> Hi
>>
>> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>>> Peter Warasin wrote:
>>>  > This patch adds the ebtables nflog watcher to the
>>>  > kernel
>>> This seems mostly fine to me. A few minor comments:
>>> If you'll resend the patch based on net-2.6.26 I'll queue it
>>> if Bart has no objections.
>> I re-based on net-2.6.26 and changed what you mentioned.
>> Patch is attached
> 
> It looks fine, I'm just wondering what the flags and the pad in struct
> ebt_nflog_info are for...

Both have their origin in NFLOG.

The flags were intended for something I still want to add, a reliable
log mode where packets are dropped when netlink transmission or
memory allocation fails. I can't really remember why I added the
padding, but in any case it doesn't hurt since the structure size
is usually padded to a multiple of 4/8 anyways.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-26  2:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-05 18:29 [PATCH 0/2] adds ebt_nflog watcher Peter Warasin
2008-02-05 18:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] Adds ebt_nflog watcher to kernel Peter Warasin
2008-02-21 14:13   ` Patrick McHardy
2008-02-25 23:03     ` [PATCH resend " Peter Warasin
     [not found]       ` <47C34933.8000301-k8AlXt1uIdjQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-25 23:24         ` Bart De Schuymer
     [not found]           ` <1203981841.2959.6.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-26  2:50             ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2008-02-27  0:46               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2008-03-17 16:25           ` [Ebtables-devel] " Peter Warasin
2008-03-17 16:25             ` Patrick McHardy
2008-03-17 22:12             ` Bart De Schuymer
2008-04-08 17:31       ` Patrick McHardy
2008-02-05 18:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] Adds nflog watcher to ebtables Peter Warasin

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