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This adds a global netfilter function to extract a conntrack tuple from an skb. The function uses a new function added to nf_ct_hook, which will try to get the tuple from skb->_nfct, and do a full lookup if that fails. This makes it possible to use the lookup function before the skb has passed through the conntrack init hooks (e.g., in an ingress qdisc). The tuple is copied to the caller to avoid issues with reference counting. The function returns false if conntrack is not loaded, allowing it to be used without incurring a module dependency on conntrack. This is used by the NAT mode in sch_cake. Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.