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DateTue, 27 Dec 2005 09:26:42 +0100 (MET)
FromJan Engelhardt <>
SubjectRe: How to obtain process ID that created a packet
>> The question is: when do you test for the PID? You would have to do it 
>> within send(), because anywhere else, you do not know. A socket may be 
>> shared among multiple processes (most simple way: fork()).
>
>I'm hooking in NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT of netfilter code using nf_register_hook() function.

In sys_send(), I would have said you could use "current", but in netfilter 
I can't tell exactly whether it is going to work on SMP.

Check net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_owner.c, it provides a way to match packets vs 
pids, but it's not easy to find out.



Jan Engelhardt
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