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List: netfilter-devel
Subject: Re: extending conntrack event data
From: Pablo Neira <pablo () eurodev ! net>
Date: 2005-04-21 11:04:16
Message-ID: 426788B0.4090908 () eurodev ! net
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Wang Jian wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:49:38 +0100, Amin Azez <azez@ufomechanic.net> wrote:
>
>
>>OK, I see that the skb is only available in ip_conntrack_event_cache and
>>not ip_conntrack_event. I'm not clear on the different purposes of these
>>two functions, but I see that both could potentially cause events in
>>conntrack(-tool). I also see that notifier_call_chain is a general
>>function and that my suggestion of adding an extra parameter to it is
>>not likely to be well received.
>
>
> ip_conntrack_event_cache() marks a bitmap to indicate that certain event
> occurs. The message will not be delivered immediately due to whatever
> reason such as performance.
right, performance is the reason why we use event caching. Spamming a
netlink message to user space every time a packet is received is simply
"matador" (overkill).
--
Pablo
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