include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 6319 bytes
- Lines
- 205
- Domain
- Networking Core
- Bucket
- Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
- Inferred role
- Networking Core: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/refcount.hnet/netfilter/nf_conntrack.hnet/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.hnet/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h
Detected Declarations
struct modulestruct nf_conntrack_helperstruct nf_conn_helpstruct nf_ct_helper_expectfnstruct nf_conntrack_nat_helperenum nf_ct_helper_flagsfunction nf_ct_help_put
Annotated Snippet
struct nf_conntrack_helper {
struct hlist_node hnode; /* Internal use. */
struct rcu_head rcu;
char name[NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN]; /* name of the module */
struct module *me; /* pointer to self */
struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy expect_policy[NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES];
refcount_t ct_refcnt;
/* Tuple of things we will help (compared against server response) */
struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
/* Function to call when data passes; return verdict, or -1 to
invalidate. */
int __rcu (*help)(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
struct nf_conn *ct,
enum ip_conntrack_info conntrackinfo);
void (*destroy)(struct nf_conn *ct);
int (*from_nlattr)(struct nlattr *attr, struct nf_conn *ct);
int (*to_nlattr)(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_conn *ct);
unsigned int expect_class_max;
unsigned int flags;
/* For user-space helpers: */
unsigned int queue_num;
/* length of userspace private data stored in nf_conn_help->data */
u16 data_len;
/* name of NAT helper module */
char nat_mod_name[NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN];
};
/* nf_conn feature for connections that have a helper */
struct nf_conn_help {
/* Helper. if any */
struct nf_conntrack_helper __rcu *helper;
struct hlist_head expectations;
/* Current number of expected connections */
u8 expecting[NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES];
/* private helper information. */
char data[32] __aligned(8);
};
#define NF_CT_HELPER_BUILD_BUG_ON(structsize) \
BUILD_BUG_ON((structsize) > sizeof_field(struct nf_conn_help, data))
struct nf_conntrack_helper *__nf_conntrack_helper_find(const char *name,
u16 l3num, u8 protonum);
struct nf_conntrack_helper *nf_conntrack_helper_try_module_get(const char *name,
u16 l3num,
u8 protonum);
void nf_conntrack_helper_put(struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper);
void nf_ct_helper_init(struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper,
u16 l3num, u16 protonum, const char *name,
u16 default_port, u16 spec_port, u32 id,
const struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy *exp_pol,
u32 expect_class_max,
int (*help)(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
struct nf_conn *ct,
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo),
int (*from_nlattr)(struct nlattr *attr,
struct nf_conn *ct),
struct module *module);
int nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *, struct nf_conntrack_helper **);
int __nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *);
void nf_conntrack_helper_unregister(struct nf_conntrack_helper *);
int nf_conntrack_helpers_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *, unsigned int,
struct nf_conntrack_helper **);
void nf_conntrack_helpers_unregister(struct nf_conntrack_helper **,
unsigned int);
struct nf_conn_help *nf_ct_helper_ext_add(struct nf_conn *ct, gfp_t gfp);
int __nf_ct_try_assign_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nf_conn *tmpl,
gfp_t flags);
int nf_ct_helper(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct,
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo, u16 proto);
int nf_ct_add_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, const char *name, u8 family,
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/refcount.h`, `net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h`, `net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.h`, `net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct module`, `struct nf_conntrack_helper`, `struct nf_conn_help`, `struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn`, `struct nf_conntrack_nat_helper`, `enum nf_ct_helper_flags`, `function nf_ct_help_put`.
- Atlas domain: Networking Core / Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.