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authorFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2014-04-24 11:01:11 +0200
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2014-04-24 12:01:58 +0200
commitdd6acf7c430f6819584651dc5c8de1958300c67d (patch)
treedb2f5a2edd8b80fcfdd8b9d39b03b70d2cd9f1da /src/nlmsg.c
parent470a2bb2bbf240c978d17985edc2272bdd21e3ca (diff)
src: PF_BIND/UNBIND is ignored in 3.8 and later
There is confusion on what this command actually does and why examples commonly PF_UNBIND at startup. Since these are obsolete document that its not needed starting with Linux 3.8. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/nlmsg.c')
-rw-r--r--src/nlmsg.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nlmsg.c b/src/nlmsg.c
index 81e170e..aebdd5e 100644
--- a/src/nlmsg.c
+++ b/src/nlmsg.c
@@ -77,10 +77,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfq_nlmsg_verdict_put_pkt);
* subsystem is working.
* - NFQNL_CFG_CMD_BIND: Binds the program to a specific queue.
* - NFQNL_CFG_CMD_UNBIND: Unbinds the program to a specifiq queue.
+ *
+ * Obsolete commands:
* - NFQNL_CFG_CMD_PF_BIND: Binds to process packets belonging to the given
* protocol family (ie. PF_INET, PF_INET6, etc).
* - NFQNL_CFG_CMD_PF_UNBIND: Unbinds from processing packets belonging to the
- * given protocol family.
+ * given protocol family. Both commands are ignored by Linux kernel 3.8 and
+ * later versions.
*/
void nfq_nlmsg_cfg_put_cmd(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, uint16_t pf, uint8_t cmd)
{