# Re: \[PATCH v3 2/2\] netfilter: Create revision 2 of xt\_hashlimit to support higher pps rates

- From: Pablo Neira Ayuso \<pablo@netfilter.org\>
- Date: 2016-09-25 11:35:01 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/09/11030396
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netfilter-devel/2016/09/11030092/t.md

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:39:45PM -0400, Vishwanath Pai wrote:
> Thanks for pointing this out, I will reorder the fields to:
> 
> struct hashlimit_cfg2 {
> 	__u64 avg;    /* Average secs between packets * scale */
> 	__u64 burst;
> 	__u32 mode; /* bitmask of XT_HASHLIMIT_HASH_* */
> 
> This should fix the hole and avoid padding.

I have manually mangled this here, and applied, to get this change in
this in merge window.

I also have to revert the rename of XT_HASHLIMIT_SCALE to
XT_HASHLIMIT_SCALE_v1. This is exposed through uapi, this change would
break userspace.

Please, follow up in case of any fallout, thanks.
```