netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] netfilter/nflog: nflog-range does not truncate packets (userspace)

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Message-ID: <20160701143002.GA14239@salvia>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:30:02 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Vishwanath Pai <vpai@...mai.com>
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, johunt@...mai.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pai.vishwain@...il.com,
	ilubashe@...mai.com, jdollard@...mai.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] netfilter/nflog: nflog-range does not truncate
 packets (userspace)

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 04:42:31PM -0400, Vishwanath Pai wrote:
> Added tests to libxt_NFLOG.t for the new option --nflog-size
> 
> --
> 
> netfilter/nflog: nflog-range does not truncate packets
> 
> The option --nflog-range has never worked, but we cannot just fix this
> because users might be using this feature option and their behavior would
> change. Instead add a new option --nflog-size. This option works the same
> way nflog-range should have, and both of them are mutually exclusive. When
> someone uses --nflog-range we print a warning message informing them that
> this feature has no effect.
> 
> To indicate the kernel that the user has set --nflog-size we have to pass a
> new flag XT_NFLOG_F_COPY_LEN.
> 
> Also updated the man page to reflect the new option and added tests to
> extensions/libxt_NFLOG.t

Applied to iptables userspace, thanks.