netdev - Re: problem with flowi structure

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Date:	Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:08:56 +0200
From:	Nicola Padovano <nicola.padovano@...il.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	AIJAZ BAIG <aijazbaig1@...il.com>,
	netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem with flowi structure

i.e. like a wildcard?

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de> wrote:
>
> On Friday 2010-09-17 20:25, Nicola Padovano wrote:
>>
>>[CODE]
>>if (hooknumber == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) fl.nl_u.ip4_u.saddr = niph->saddr;
>>  //niph is the pointer to ip header of the packet to send
>>if (hooknumber == NF_INET_FORWARD) fl.nl_u.ip4_u.saddr = 0;
>>[/CODE]
>>
>>so, i don't understand why saddr = 0 when the hooknumber is NF_INET_FORWARD....
>>
>>this is the real problem.
>
> 0 is automatic address selection.
>



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