netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9767] New: missing native u32 classifier for routing policy

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:46:12 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, pupilla@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9767] New: missing native u32 classifier for
 routing policy

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:30:49 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9767
> 
>            Summary: missing native u32 classifier for routing policy
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: all since 2.2
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: low
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV4
>         AssignedTo: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
>         ReportedBy: pupilla@...mail.com
> 
> 
> This is not a bug report, but a feature request.
> routing policy database management is supported since linux 2.2, but it lacks
> u32 selector (matching by IP protocols, transport ports).
> fwmark is a workaround for this missing feature, but source ip address
> selection will not work anyway: the mark value can't be used for source address
> selection because at the time source address selection is performed, there is
> no packet yet and thus no mark value.
> 
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