On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:26:42PM +0200, stéphane bryant wrote: > Hello, > > We are currently working on a project which may need the use of nftables > to queue AF_BRIDGE packets to the userspace and back. Apparently this > is already supported in the nftables code itself, but not in the > bridge netfilter code (the corresponding nf_afinfo is missing, at least). > > I would like to know if there are plans to support this? If yes, in what > timeframe? If no, would you be interested if we were to submit a patch > to that effect? Please, submit patches. > Also, what should be included in the payload send to userspace? > (starting from the 802.3 LLC/protocol header, or also including up to > the MAC addresses ?) I think you have to include everything relevant from layer 2 upward. I think it would be good if we indicate userspace that NFQA_PAYLOAD starts from the mac header some way. So the same process can handle packets coming from bridge and the ip layer. Thanks. -- 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
