From b476b72a0f8514a5a4c561bab731ddd506a284e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:44:54 +0100 Subject: netfilter: trivial code cleanup and doc changes Changes while reading through the netfilter code. Added hint about how conntrack nf_conn refcnt is accessed. And renamed repl_hash to reply_hash for readability Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/net/netfilter') diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h index b2ac6246b7e0..e10d1faa6d09 100644 --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h @@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ struct nf_conn_help { struct nf_conn { /* Usage count in here is 1 for hash table/destruct timer, 1 per skb, - plus 1 for any connection(s) we are `master' for */ + * plus 1 for any connection(s) we are `master' for + * + * Hint, SKB address this struct and refcnt via skb->nfct and + * helpers nf_conntrack_get() and nf_conntrack_put(). + * Helper nf_ct_put() equals nf_conntrack_put() by dec refcnt, + * beware nf_ct_get() is different and don't inc refcnt. + */ struct nf_conntrack ct_general; spinlock_t lock; -- cgit v1.2.3