removed delentry?!

[Rusty Russell]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0003310955001.9834-100000@stargate.atm.tuke.sk> you w
rite:
> Hello,

Hi Marek,

> I would like to ask, why was `delentry' removed from `struct ipt_target'?

Noone actually used it.  I can put it back if you need it.

> I'm writting a new target, which creates an entry in /proc filesystem for
> every rule using my target. How can i release entry from /proc now, if
> there's no `delentry' anymore?

You really want a proc file per rule?  Now you've made me curious...
What are you doing? 8)

> And i realised fact, that when new rule was inserted, for every rule's
> target in table `checkentry' was called again. Is it really necessary, to 
> check already inserted targets?

Yes.  Every operation replaces the entire table.  The kernel has no
idea of the relationship between the previous table and the new one.

Rusty.
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