From: Duncan Roe <duncan_roe@optusnet.com.au>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Netfilter Development <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Documentation question (verdicts)
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 12:28:43 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191207012843.GA22674@dimstar.local.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191202102623.GA775@dimstar.local.net>
Hi Pablo,
On Mon, Dec 02, 2019 at 09:26:23PM +1100, Duncan Roe wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
>
> Queue handling [DEPRECATED] in libnetfilter_queue.c documents these 3:
>
> > 278 * - NF_ACCEPT the packet passes, continue iterations
> > 281 * - NF_REPEAT iterate the same cycle once more
> > 282 * - NF_STOP accept, but don't continue iterations
>
> In my tests, NF_REPEAT works as documented - the input hook presents the packet
> a second time. But, contrary to the above, the packet does not show again
> after NF_ACCEPT.
>
> Is that expected behaviour nowadays?
>
> And if so, does that make NF_STOP redundant?
>
> BTW if you'd like to try it, my test program nfq6 is a subdirectory at
> https://github.com/duncan-roe/nfq (nfq itself is an ad blocker).
>
> Cheers ... Duncan.
Specifically I need to know whether to document NF_STOP as obsolete (same as
NF_ACCEPT).
Cheers ... Duncan.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-07 1:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-02 10:26 Documentation question (verdicts) Duncan Roe
2019-12-07 1:28 ` Duncan Roe [this message]
2019-12-07 11:16 ` Florian Westphal
2019-12-07 11:49 ` Duncan Roe
2019-12-07 11:52 ` Florian Westphal
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