Change NFQUEUE handler to return >0 value on queue full to signify "fail-open". Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vivek Kashyap <vivk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <samudrala@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -ruNp org/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c new/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c --- org/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c 2012-05-08 12:57:39.225755227 +0530 +++ new/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c 2012-05-08 12:57:55.515816567 +0530 @@ -433,11 +433,16 @@ nfqnl_enqueue_packet(struct nf_queue_ent goto err_out_free_nskb; } if (queue->queue_total >= queue->queue_maxlen) { - queue->queue_dropped++; - if (net_ratelimit()) - printk(KERN_WARNING "nf_queue: full at %d entries, " - "dropping packets(s).\n", - queue->queue_total); + if (queue->fail_open) { + /* Accept the packet temporarily skipping rules */ + err = 1; + } else { + queue->queue_dropped++; + if (net_ratelimit()) + printk(KERN_WARNING "nf_queue: full at %d " + "entries, dropping packets(s).\n", + queue->queue_total); + } goto err_out_free_nskb; } entry->id = ++queue->id_sequence; -- 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