thanx for reply :-) i just found tht.... (i put printks in nf_queue of net/netfilter/nf_queue.c)... n i referred to afinfo of ipv4... thanx again On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ratnaraj Mirgal wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> i'm trying a simple lkm tht register a hook in PF_BRIDGE protocol, >> also registers a queue_handler for the same. >> the hook function simply returns NF_QUEUE for all IP pakcets. >> >> i'm trying this out in 2.6.18-8.el5 (centos 5.0) >> >> it seems like pkts are queuing up, but the _problem_ is queue_handler >> is not getting invoked. >> plz refer to the code below. >> >> (NOTE: the same program worked fine in my rh9 (ie 2.4 kernel), of >> course with minor nf API modification) > > The bridge netfilter code doesn't register an afinfo with the > netfilter core, so queueing drops the packets. Its actually > not needed since bridge netfilter doesn't need to reroute anyways. > So you basically need to change the __nf_queue function to only > invoke the af-specific functions if an afinfo is available. > > Patches welcome btw :) > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
