netfilter: add xt_cpu match
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven on 9 Aug 2010 16:00 On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 22:11, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org> wrote: > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/linus/e8648a1fdb54da1f683784b36a17aa65ea56e931 > Commit: e8648a1fdb54da1f683784b36a17aa65ea56e931 > Parent: 7f1c407579519e71a0dcadc05614fd98acec585e > Author: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet(a)gmail.com> > AuthorDate: Fri Jul 23 12:59:36 2010 +0200 > Committer: Patrick McHardy <kaber(a)trash.net> > CommitDate: Fri Jul 23 12:59:36 2010 +0200 > > netfilter: add xt_cpu match > > In some situations a CPU match permits a better spreading of > connections, or select targets only for a given cpu. > --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig > +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig > @@ -663,6 +663,15 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK > > To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. > > +config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CPU > + tristate '"cpu" match support' > + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED > + help > + CPU matching allows you to match packets based on the CPU > + currently handling the packet. Shouldn't this depend on SMP? Or does it make sense to have it on UP, too? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert(a)linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Jan Engelhardt on 9 Aug 2010 16:10
On Monday 2010-08-09 21:52, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> >> +config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CPU >> + tristate '"cpu" match support' >> + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED >> + help >> + CPU matching allows you to match packets based on the CPU >> + currently handling the packet. > >Shouldn't this depend on SMP? Or does it make sense to have it on UP, too? Well one thing to consider is that you certainly would not want to make one ruleset willingly unloadable on another machine (think automatic code/rule generators). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |