netdev - Re: sk_buff handling in packet handler

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Message-ID: <20090517223847.168d9ebd@nehalam>
Date:	Sun, 17 May 2009 22:38:47 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Claude Robitaille <clauder@...edian.com>
Cc:	Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sk_buff handling in packet handler

On Sun, 17 May 2009 13:23:49 -0400
Claude Robitaille <clauder@...edian.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark.
> 
> very interesting
> 
> this helped me but just to get to next problem....
> 
> what I am trying to do is to receive frame using a packet handler, 
> manipulate it and send a portion of it over a UDP channel. I am using 
> sock_sendmsg. Things sort of work but I get some warnings while in 
> net_tx_action (via the sendmsg I am guessing) about doing scheduling 
> while in atomic and sometime the kernel simply completely crashes. All 
> this probably means that using kernel socket functions cannot be used 
> from any context.... Any suggestion on how to properly do this? 
> Ultimately, I'd like to avoid copying the data so if I could simply send 
> an skb to some UDP TX handler would be ideal but if not, what is the 
> best approach?
> 

Write a netfilter module, it is easier to do what you are trying to
do with iptables rules.

> 


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