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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Cristian Constantin <const.crist@googlemail.com>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: integers byte order in netlink/NETLINK_NETFILTER messages
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:44:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210917094428.GC15906@breakpoint.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANCV4NPXskt-r4RNfQJeacoOAmKFjuV6CSKtqEe=gyCbpiZMaQ@mail.gmail.com>

Cristian Constantin <const.crist@googlemail.com> wrote:
> in general, how are the integers encoded in the attributes of the
> NETLINK_NETFILTER messages: host byte order or network byte order?

Network byte order.

> the same byte order supposed to be used by both user space tools and
> the kernel?

Yes, all need to use network byte order.

> in particular, how is the chain policy attribute encoded by the kernel
> when it sends an reply to a NFT_MSG_GETCHAIN request?

Network byte order.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-17  9:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-17  8:45 integers byte order in netlink/NETLINK_NETFILTER messages Cristian Constantin
2021-09-17  9:44 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2021-09-30 14:03 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso

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