include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_limit.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_limit.h

Extension

.h

Size

673 bytes

Lines

26

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/types.h

Detected Declarations

• struct xt_limit_priv
• struct xt_rateinfo

Annotated Snippet

struct xt_rateinfo {
	__u32 avg;    /* Average secs between packets * scale */
	__u32 burst;  /* Period multiplier for upper limit. */

	/* Used internally by the kernel */
	unsigned long prev; /* moved to xt_limit_priv */
	__u32 credit; /* moved to xt_limit_priv */
	__u32 credit_cap, cost;

	struct xt_limit_priv *master;
};
#endif /*_XT_RATE_H*/

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct xt_limit_priv`, `struct xt_rateinfo`.
• 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.