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--- a/src/libnetfilter_queue.c
+++ b/src/libnetfilter_queue.c
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
* libnetfilter_queue homepage is:
* https://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_queue/
*
- * \section deps Dependencies
+ <h1>Dependencies</h1>
* libnetfilter_queue requires libmnl, libnfnetlink and a kernel that includes
* the Netfilter NFQUEUE over NFNETLINK interface (i.e. 2.6.14 or later).
*
- * \section features Main Features
+ * <h1>Main Features</h1>
* - receiving queued packets from the kernel nfnetlink_queue subsystem
* - issuing verdicts and possibly reinjecting altered packets to the kernel
* nfnetlink_queue subsystem
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@
* When a queue is full, packets that should have been enqueued are dropped by
* kernel instead of being enqueued.
*
- * \section git Git Tree
+ * <h1>Git Tree</h1>
* The current development version of libnetfilter_queue can be accessed at
* https://git.netfilter.org/libnetfilter_queue.
*
- * \section privs Privileges
+ * <h1>Privileges</h1>
* You need the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability in order to allow your application
* to receive from and to send packets to kernel-space.
*
- * \section using Using libnetfilter_queue
+ * <h1>Using libnetfilter_queue</h1>
*
* To write your own program using libnetfilter_queue, you should start by
* reading (or, if feasible, compiling and stepping through with *gdb*)
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@
* \verbatim
gcc -g3 -ggdb -Wall -lmnl -lnetfilter_queue -o nf-queue nf-queue.c
\endverbatim
- * The doxygen documentation \link LibrarySetup \endlink is Deprecated and
+ *The doxygen documentation
+ * \htmlonly
+<a class="el" href="group__LibrarySetup.html">LibrarySetup </a>
+\endhtmlonly
+ * \manonly
+\fBLibrarySetup\fP\
+\endmanonly
+ * is Deprecated and
* incompatible with non-deprecated functions. It is hoped to produce a
* corresponding non-deprecated (*Current*) topic soon.
*
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ gcc -g3 -ggdb -Wall -lmnl -lnetfilter_queue -o nf-queue nf-queue.c
* article:
* https://home.regit.org/netfilter-en/using-nfqueue-and-libnetfilter_queue/
*
- * \section errors ENOBUFS errors in recv()
+ * <h1>ENOBUFS errors in recv()</h1>
*
* recv() may return -1 and errno is set to ENOBUFS in case that your
* application is not fast enough to retrieve the packets from the kernel.
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ gcc -g3 -ggdb -Wall -lmnl -lnetfilter_queue -o nf-queue nf-queue.c
* you may hit it again sooner or later. The next section provides some hints
* on how to obtain the best performance for your application.
*
- * \section perf Performance
+ * <h1>Performance</h1>
* To improve your libnetfilter_queue application in terms of performance,
* you may consider the following tweaks:
*
@@ -120,6 +127,9 @@ gcc -g3 -ggdb -Wall -lmnl -lnetfilter_queue -o nf-queue nf-queue.c
* (it requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.31).
* - consider using fail-open option see nfq_set_queue_flags() (it requires
* Linux kernel >= 3.6)
+ * - make your application offload aware to avoid costly normalization on kernel
+ * side. See NFQA_CFG_F_GSO flag to nfq_set_queue_flags().
+ * Linux kernel >= 3.10.
* - increase queue max length with nfq_set_queue_maxlen() to resist to packets
* burst
*/