It worked when I changed to NO_SHARED_LIBS=0. thanks guys. will try out the patch today. the command that was failing was a simple --set-mark. Let me know if anyone still wants an strace. Will send it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick McHardy" <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> To: "DervishD" <lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Salim" <salim.si@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Netfilter Development Mailinglist" <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:01 PM Subject: Re: MARK: targinfosize 8 != 4 > DervishD wrote: > > Hi Salim :) > > > > * Salim <salim.si@xxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit: > > > >> I got this problem while trying to shape traffic with iptables MARK and > >>HTB. > >> > >>MARK: targinfosize 8 != 4 > >> > >>--set-mark gives "invalid argument" error message. > >> > >>Kernel version is 2.4.29 (some patches from patch o matic applied) > >>Iptables version 1.3.4 > >> > >>Intel x86 architecture. > >> > >>I saw this problem discussed in a few places, but the discussions didn't > >>come to a conclusion or solution. > > > > > > You've hit a bug in iptables :( I've notified in the bugzilla but > > I have had no answers. You're building iptables with no shared > > libraries (NO_SHARED_LIBS=1). This means that the code in iptables, > > when loading the "modules" for the matches and targets is taking a > > slightly different code path. The problem is that the MARK target > > has two versions, 0 and 1, and kernel 2.4.x (at least until 31) > > supports only version 0. If you don't use share libraries in > > iptables, both versions are loaded and v1 is used instead of v2. > > Unfortunately, v1 has a bigger data structure than v0 and your kernel > > complaints. > > That can't be the reason, all revisions of a single match/target are > in the same object file and the supported revision is (supposed to be) > probed. Salim, can you send a strace of the failing iptables command? _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc
