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...gandalf@netfilter.org 2004-05-29 23:45 ------- iptables calls getsockopt() twice, first with SO_GET_INFO which locks the table in kernel and returns some info and then unlocks the table, among that info is the size of the table. Then iptables allocates memory and calls getsockopt() again but with SO_GET_ENTRIES to get the table, and it passes in the size it got from the first getsockopt() call. SO_GET_ENTRIES also locks the table, then it calls get_entries() which compares the passed in size with the ac tual current size of the table and returns -EINVAL if they don't match. I checked and that's w...

...-------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #7 from kaber at trash.net 2008-04-02 14:01 ------- Unfortunately we don't return a unique error code for non-matching size values passed to SO_GET_ENTRIES. I've queued a patch for 2.6.26 to make it return EAGAIN and changed userspace to retry in that case. -- Configure bugmail: ./userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.