Cristian Constantin <const.crist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > in general, how are the integers encoded in the attributes of the > NETLINK_NETFILTER messages: host byte order or network byte order? Network byte order. > the same byte order supposed to be used by both user space tools and > the kernel? Yes, all need to use network byte order. > in particular, how is the chain policy attribute encoded by the kernel > when it sends an reply to a NFT_MSG_GETCHAIN request? Network byte order.