tree 986ff019562403f85554be3c7eb2f8ed9a635e83
parent 022ddbca86ce692518bc1809e2dfe27add669608
author Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@gmail.com> 1518716563 +0200
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1519236933 -0500

net: sched: add em_ipt ematch for calling xtables matches

The commit a new tc ematch for using netfilter xtable matches.

This allows early classification as well as mirroning/redirecting traffic
based on logic implemented in netfilter extensions.

Current supported use case is classification based on the incoming IPSec
state used during decpsulation using the 'policy' iptables extension
(xt_policy).

The module dynamically fetches the netfilter match module and calls
it using a fake xt_action_param structure based on validated userspace
provided parameters.

As the xt_policy match does not access skb->data, no skb modifications
are needed on match.

Signed-off-by: Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>