Re: Netfilter Implementation Details.

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On Friday 2010-06-04 18:35, Ninad Adi wrote:

>I am not a Netfilter GURU.
>Let Me know if my code tracing for netfilter is on right Path.
>Kernel Version 2.6.34.
>
># I have divided the netfilter activities happening in kernel in two parts
>
>MY QUESTIONS
>
>QUES 1 --> What is this nf_hook_slow function why is it called so ?

Fastpath vs Slowpath.

>QUES 2 --> How does the registration of custom hook process takes
>place exactly and how does
>                  packet know if there is any rule registered for it
>or not in the kernel code ?

You cannot know whether a particular Xtables rule is used,
much less so from a Netfilter hook, which is outside Xtables.
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