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If CTA_STATUS is present, but CTA_STATUS_MASK is not, then the mask is automatically set to 'status', so that kernel returns those entries that have all of the requested bits set. This makes more sense than using a all-one mask since we'd hardly ever find a match. There are no other checks for status bits, so if e.g. userspace sets impossible combinations it will get an empty dump. If kernel would reject unknown status bits, then a program that works on a future kernel that has IPS_FOO bit fails on old kernels. Same for 'impossible' combinations: Kernel never sets ASSURED without first having set SEEN_REPLY, but its possible that a future kernel could do so. Therefore no sanity tests other than a 0-mask. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.