Re: ebt_filter_ip and sk_buff question

Thanks Bart!

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Bart De Schuymer wrote:

> On Thursday 25 September 2003 23:26, [email protected] wrote:
> > I was reviewing the ebt_ip.c kernel module code and I have a
> > question regarding the sk_buff structure that is passed in as a parameter.
> > Is this skb actually pointing at an ethernet frame at this point or an IP
> > packet?
>
> skb->data points to the network header which can be the IP header, VLAN
> header, etc. skb->mac.ethernet points to the Ethernet header.
>
> > Also I know that iptables has the ability to queue IP packets up and send
> > them to userspace via netlink.  Is there any thought on doing this with
> > ebtables, except queuing up ethernet frames instead?
>
> The netfilter team has plans to change ip_queue into a protocol independent
> queueing mechanism. I don't know when or how they will implement this though.
>
> cheers,
> Bart
>
>
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