netdev - Re: Possible to add netfilter hooks to IFB driver?

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Message-ID: <20140106135123.3c7e6645@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:51:23 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Brad Johnson <bjohnson@...ssa.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possible to add netfilter hooks to IFB driver?

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:26:09 -0500
Brad Johnson <bjohnson@...ssa.com> wrote:

> I would like to add netfilter hooks to the IFB driver so I can do 
> iptables -j IFB (just like we can with IMQ). But I would like to know 
> first if there are any reasons this can not work. Please advise if this 
> is possible, and if so any tips would be appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Brad

The risk is creating the same races that made IMQ unacceptable.
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