Re: [resend net-next] socket: Added 'transparent' option

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Patrick McHardy wrote:
Laszlo Attila Toth wrote:
         nf_tproxy_put_sock(sk);
+
         if (wildcard)
             sk = NULL;
+        else if (check_transparent && info->transparent &&
+             !transparent)
+            sk = NULL;

Please add a comment what this is doing exactly. And why do the lookup
at all in this case?


We need a socket lookup because without it we can't know the listening address and the socket's transparent state (socket option). After all of these pieces of information is gathered, the socket can be put back.

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Attila
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