include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 4523 bytes
- Lines
- 189
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/const.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct xt_entry_matchstruct xt_entry_targetstruct xt_standard_targetstruct xt_error_targetstruct xt_get_revisionstruct _xt_alignstruct xt_countersstruct xt_counters_info
Annotated Snippet
struct xt_entry_match {
union {
struct {
__u16 match_size;
/* Used by userspace */
char name[XT_EXTENSION_MAXNAMELEN];
__u8 revision;
} user;
struct {
__u16 match_size;
/* Used inside the kernel */
struct xt_match *match;
} kernel;
/* Total length */
__u16 match_size;
} u;
unsigned char data[];
};
struct xt_entry_target {
union {
struct {
__u16 target_size;
/* Used by userspace */
char name[XT_EXTENSION_MAXNAMELEN];
__u8 revision;
} user;
struct {
__u16 target_size;
/* Used inside the kernel */
struct xt_target *target;
} kernel;
/* Total length */
__u16 target_size;
} u;
unsigned char data[0];
};
#define XT_TARGET_INIT(__name, __size) \
{ \
.target.u.user = { \
.target_size = XT_ALIGN(__size), \
.name = __name, \
}, \
}
struct xt_standard_target {
struct xt_entry_target target;
int verdict;
};
struct xt_error_target {
struct xt_entry_target target;
char errorname[XT_FUNCTION_MAXNAMELEN];
};
/* The argument to IPT_SO_GET_REVISION_*. Returns highest revision
* kernel supports, if >= revision. */
struct xt_get_revision {
char name[XT_EXTENSION_MAXNAMELEN];
__u8 revision;
};
/* CONTINUE verdict for targets */
#define XT_CONTINUE 0xFFFFFFFF
/* For standard target */
#define XT_RETURN (-NF_REPEAT - 1)
/* this is a dummy structure to find out the alignment requirement for a struct
* containing all the fundamental data types that are used in ipt_entry,
* ip6t_entry and arpt_entry. This sucks, and it is a hack. It will be my
* personal pleasure to remove it -HW
*/
struct _xt_align {
__u8 u8;
__u16 u16;
__u32 u32;
__u64 u64;
};
#define XT_ALIGN(s) __ALIGN_KERNEL((s), __alignof__(struct _xt_align))
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/const.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct xt_entry_match`, `struct xt_entry_target`, `struct xt_standard_target`, `struct xt_error_target`, `struct xt_get_revision`, `struct _xt_align`, `struct xt_counters`, `struct xt_counters_info`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- 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.