Hi.... On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Claude Robitaille <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Mulyadi, > > this is what I was suspecting would be the way to go. But I am more > familiar, still, with 2.4 but I found interesting reading about work queues.
I think, if you're already familiar with workqueue in 2.4, there is no essential difference in 2.6, you just need to learn few difference in job structure and API IMHO > Someone else is also suggesting to use netfilter and create a module of my > own. Any one knows how to compare the 2 solutions? IIRC, it intercepts packet on layer 3 of OSI (network). But still, it is in the code path of the TCP/IP. > In the packet handler, running in softirq, I will have to handle sk_buff > list, or lists. This list will be used by both the packet handler and the > work job so there is a need to atomatically manipulate it. I am sure there > are quit a bit of list manipulation define or function in 2.6 but I do not > know where to look. Any pointers? Or names? IIRC, it's in include/linux/list.h regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
