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Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:56:06 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eparis@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	equinox@...c24.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com, hzhong@...il.com,
	jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	paul.moore@...com, pekkas@...core.fi, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] SELinux: return -ECONNREFUSED from ip_postroute to
 signal fatal error

From: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:52:57 -0500

> The SELinux netfilter hooks just return NF_DROP if they drop a packet.  We
> want to signal that a drop in this hook is a permanant fatal error and is not
> transient.  If we do this the error will be passed back up the stack in some
> places and applications will get a faster interaction that something went
> wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>

Applied.
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