net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 12127 bytes
- Lines
- 490
- 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.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/init.hlinux/kernel.hlinux/netdevice.hnet/net_namespace.hnet/netfilter/nf_tables.hlinux/netfilter_ipv4.hlinux/netfilter_ipv6.hlinux/netfilter_bridge.hlinux/netfilter_arp.hnet/netfilter/nf_tables_ipv4.hnet/netfilter/nf_tables_ipv6.h
Detected Declarations
function nft_do_chain_ipv4function nft_chain_filter_ipv4_initfunction nft_chain_filter_ipv4_finifunction nft_chain_filter_ipv4_initfunction nft_chain_filter_arp_initfunction nft_chain_filter_arp_finifunction nft_chain_filter_arp_initfunction nft_chain_filter_ipv6_initfunction nft_chain_filter_ipv6_finifunction nft_chain_filter_ipv6_initfunction nft_do_chain_inet_ingressfunction nft_chain_filter_inet_initfunction nft_chain_filter_inet_finifunction nft_chain_filter_inet_initfunction nft_chain_filter_bridge_initfunction nft_chain_filter_bridge_finifunction nft_chain_filter_bridge_initfunction nft_netdev_eventfunction list_for_each_entryfunction __nf_tables_netdev_eventfunction list_for_each_entryfunction nf_tables_netdev_eventfunction nft_chain_filter_netdev_initfunction nft_chain_filter_netdev_finifunction nft_chain_filter_netdev_initfunction nft_chain_filter_netdev_finifunction nft_chain_filter_fini
Annotated Snippet
static inline void nft_chain_filter_ipv4_init(void) {}
static inline void nft_chain_filter_ipv4_fini(void) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV4 */
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_ARP
static unsigned int nft_do_chain_arp(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nf_hook_state *state)
{
struct nft_pktinfo pkt;
nft_set_pktinfo(&pkt, skb, state);
nft_set_pktinfo_unspec(&pkt);
return nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
}
static const struct nft_chain_type nft_chain_filter_arp = {
.name = "filter",
.type = NFT_CHAIN_T_DEFAULT,
.family = NFPROTO_ARP,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.hook_mask = (1 << NF_ARP_IN) |
(1 << NF_ARP_OUT),
.hooks = {
[NF_ARP_IN] = nft_do_chain_arp,
[NF_ARP_OUT] = nft_do_chain_arp,
},
};
static void nft_chain_filter_arp_init(void)
{
nft_register_chain_type(&nft_chain_filter_arp);
}
static void nft_chain_filter_arp_fini(void)
{
nft_unregister_chain_type(&nft_chain_filter_arp);
}
#else
static inline void nft_chain_filter_arp_init(void) {}
static inline void nft_chain_filter_arp_fini(void) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_NF_TABLES_ARP */
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV6
static unsigned int nft_do_chain_ipv6(void *priv,
struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nf_hook_state *state)
{
struct nft_pktinfo pkt;
nft_set_pktinfo(&pkt, skb, state);
nft_set_pktinfo_ipv6(&pkt);
return nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
}
static const struct nft_chain_type nft_chain_filter_ipv6 = {
.name = "filter",
.type = NFT_CHAIN_T_DEFAULT,
.family = NFPROTO_IPV6,
.hook_mask = (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) |
(1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |
(1 << NF_INET_FORWARD) |
(1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) |
(1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING),
.hooks = {
[NF_INET_LOCAL_IN] = nft_do_chain_ipv6,
[NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT] = nft_do_chain_ipv6,
[NF_INET_FORWARD] = nft_do_chain_ipv6,
[NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING] = nft_do_chain_ipv6,
[NF_INET_POST_ROUTING] = nft_do_chain_ipv6,
},
};
static void nft_chain_filter_ipv6_init(void)
{
nft_register_chain_type(&nft_chain_filter_ipv6);
}
static void nft_chain_filter_ipv6_fini(void)
{
nft_unregister_chain_type(&nft_chain_filter_ipv6);
}
#else
static inline void nft_chain_filter_ipv6_init(void) {}
static inline void nft_chain_filter_ipv6_fini(void) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV6 */
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET
static unsigned int nft_do_chain_inet(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/init.h`, `linux/kernel.h`, `linux/netdevice.h`, `net/net_namespace.h`, `net/netfilter/nf_tables.h`, `linux/netfilter_ipv4.h`, `linux/netfilter_ipv6.h`, `linux/netfilter_bridge.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function nft_do_chain_ipv4`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv4_init`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv4_fini`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv4_init`, `function nft_chain_filter_arp_init`, `function nft_chain_filter_arp_fini`, `function nft_chain_filter_arp_init`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv6_init`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv6_fini`, `function nft_chain_filter_ipv6_init`.
- Atlas domain: Networking Core / Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
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.