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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Andrew Beverley <andy@andybev.com>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libnetfilter_conntrack callbacks and nfct_destroy
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:19:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C581774.6050800@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1280816654.1349.643.camel@andybev>

On 03/08/10 08:24, Andrew Beverley wrote:
> I have 2 questions regarding libnetfilter_conntrack please:
> 
> - When using nfct_callback_register() and then nfct_query(), is the
> callback that is subsequently generated a synchronous callback? (It
> appears to be, I'd just like positive confirmation).

The callback is invoked if we succesfully receive the reply message from
the ctnetlink subsystem.

> - Should nfct_destroy() be called after each use of nfct_new() to
> prevent memory leaks? I assume that the answer is yes, but only one of
> the examples in the source code use it.

Yes, nfct_new() requires nfct_destroy() afterwards in order to avoid
memory leaks.

      reply	other threads:[~2010-08-03 13:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-03  6:24 libnetfilter_conntrack callbacks and nfct_destroy Andrew Beverley
2010-08-03 13:19 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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