Major NPF improvements (merge from upstream):

- Switch to the C11-style atomic primitives using atomic_loadstore(9).

- npfkern: introduce the 'state.key.interface' and 'state.key.direction'
settings. Users can now choose whether the connection state should be
strictly per-interface or global at the configuration level. Keep NAT
logic to be always per-interface, though.

- npfkern: rewrite the G/C worker logic and make it self-tuning.

- npfkern and libnpf: multiple bug fixes; add param exporting; introduce
more parameters. Remove npf_nvlist_{copyin,copyout}() functions and
refactor npfctl_load_nvlist() with others; add npfctl_run_op() to have
a single entry point for operations. Introduce npf_flow_t and clean up
some code.

- npfctl: lots of fixes for the 'npfctl show' logic; make 'npfctl list'
more informative; misc usability improvements and more user-friendly
error messages.

- Amend and improve the manual pages.

- npfctl_load_nvlist: simplify the config loading logic.
- Fix a small race condition in npf_nat_getaddr().
- Rework pserialize/EBR wrappers, make it easier to maintain.

branches: 1.20.2;
NPF improvements:
- Add support for dynamic NETMAP algorithm (stateful net-to-net).
- Add most of the support for the dynamic NAT rules; a little bit more
userland work is needed to finish this up and enable.
- Replace 'stateful-ends' with more permissive 'stateful-all'.
- Add various tunable parameters and document them, see npf-params(7).
- Reduce the memory usage of the connection state table (conndb).
- Portmap rewrite: use memory more efficiently, handle addresses dynamically.
- Bug fix: add splsoftnet()/splx() around the thmap writers and comment.
- npftest: clean up and simplify; fix some memleaks to make ASAN happy.

Major NPF improvements:
- Convert NPF connection table to thmap. State lookup is now lock-free.
- Improve connection state G/C: it is now incremental and tunable.
- Add support for dynamic NAT address. Translation addresses can now be
selected from a pool of addresses. There are two selection algorithms,
"ip-hash" and "round-robin" (see the man page).
- Translation address can be specified as e.g. ifaddrs(wm0) in npf.conf
to dynamically choose an IP from the interface address(es).
- Add support for the NETMAP algorithm with static NAT for net-to-net
translation (it is equivalent to iptables NETMAP logic).
- Convert 'ipset' tables to use thmap; the table lookup is now lock-free.
- Misc improvements, bug fixes and more unit tests.
- Bump NPF_VERSION (will also bump libnpf).

NPF: Major rework -- migrate NPF to the libnv library.
- This conversion significantly simplifies the code and moves NPF to
a binary serialisation format (replacing the XML-like format).
- Fix some memory/reference leaks and possibly use-after-free bugs.
- Bump NPF_VERSION as this change makes libnpf incompatible with the
previous versions. Also, different serialisation format means NPF
connection/config saving and loading is not compatible with the
previous versions either.

Thanks to christos@ for extra testing.

Fix lockdebug diagnostic error of trying to acquire an rw_lock from a
pserialized active context. From riastradh@

branches: 1.16.14; 1.16.16;
Sync NPF with the version on github: backport standalone NPF changes,
which allow us to create and run separate NPF instances. Minor fixes.
(from rmind@)

branches: 1.15.2; 1.15.4;
- Add and use npf_alg_export().
- npf_conn_import: handle NAT metadata correctly.
- npf_nat_newpolicy: restore the policy ID.
- npfctl_load: fix error code handling for the limit cases.
- npf_config_import: fix the inverted logic.
- npfctl_load: improve error handling.

branches: 1.14.2;
NPF: add nbuf_t * into npf_cache_t and remove unnecessary carrying by argument.

NPF: partially rewrite the connection tracking mechanism:
- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.

branches: 1.12.2;
npf_alg_session: fix inverted logic in the previous commit.

NPF: pass ALG functions via npfa_funcs_t structure.

NPF:
- Adjust NAT to not assume flow direction in some cases and thus support
less usual setups which are possible when using 'map' with a custom
filter criteria.
- Introduce NPF_SRC/NPF_DST and replace npc_src/npc_dst with npc_ips[2]
for more convenient handling.
- ICMP ALG: restrict matching only to the outgoing traffic, but be more
direction-agnostic elsewhere.

branches: 1.9.2;
- NPF connection tracking: rework synchronisation on tracking disable/enable
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.

Make ALG's autoloadable by providing in the config file:
alg "algname"

NPF:
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.

- Rework NPF's nbuf interface: use advancing and ensuring as a main method.
Eliminate unnecessary copy and simplify. Adapt regression tests.
- Simplify ICMP ALG a little. While here, handle ICMP ECHO for traceroute.
- Minor fixes, misc cleanup.

branches: 1.5.2;
- Rework NPF tables and fix support for IPv6. Implement tree table type
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.

NPF:
- Rename some functions for consistency and de-inline them.
- Fix few invalid asserts (add regressoin test).
- Use pserialize(9) for ALG interface.
- Minor fixes, sprinkle many comments.

- Add NPF_DECISION_BLOCK and NPF_DECISION_PASS. Be more defensive in the
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.

branches: 1.2.6; 1.2.10; 1.2.14; 1.2.16;
NPF checkpoint:
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.

branches: 1.1.2; 1.1.4;
Import NPF - a packet filter. Some features:

- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.

- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.

- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).

- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.

- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).

NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.

Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@

- npfctl_load_nvlist: simplify the config loading logic.
- Fix a small race condition in npf_nat_getaddr().
- Rework pserialize/EBR wrappers, make it easier to maintain.

NPF improvements:
- Add support for dynamic NETMAP algorithm (stateful net-to-net).
- Add most of the support for the dynamic NAT rules; a little bit more
userland work is needed to finish this up and enable.
- Replace 'stateful-ends' with more permissive 'stateful-all'.
- Add various tunable parameters and document them, see npf-params(7).
- Reduce the memory usage of the connection state table (conndb).
- Portmap rewrite: use memory more efficiently, handle addresses dynamically.
- Bug fix: add splsoftnet()/splx() around the thmap writers and comment.
- npftest: clean up and simplify; fix some memleaks to make ASAN happy.

Major NPF improvements:
- Convert NPF connection table to thmap. State lookup is now lock-free.
- Improve connection state G/C: it is now incremental and tunable.
- Add support for dynamic NAT address. Translation addresses can now be
selected from a pool of addresses. There are two selection algorithms,
"ip-hash" and "round-robin" (see the man page).
- Translation address can be specified as e.g. ifaddrs(wm0) in npf.conf
to dynamically choose an IP from the interface address(es).
- Add support for the NETMAP algorithm with static NAT for net-to-net
translation (it is equivalent to iptables NETMAP logic).
- Convert 'ipset' tables to use thmap; the table lookup is now lock-free.
- Misc improvements, bug fixes and more unit tests.
- Bump NPF_VERSION (will also bump libnpf).

NPF: Major rework -- migrate NPF to the libnv library.
- This conversion significantly simplifies the code and moves NPF to
a binary serialisation format (replacing the XML-like format).
- Fix some memory/reference leaks and possibly use-after-free bugs.
- Bump NPF_VERSION as this change makes libnpf incompatible with the
previous versions. Also, different serialisation format means NPF
connection/config saving and loading is not compatible with the
previous versions either.

Thanks to christos@ for extra testing.

Fix lockdebug diagnostic error of trying to acquire an rw_lock from a
pserialized active context. From riastradh@

branches: 1.16.14; 1.16.16;
Sync NPF with the version on github: backport standalone NPF changes,
which allow us to create and run separate NPF instances. Minor fixes.
(from rmind@)

branches: 1.15.2; 1.15.4;
- Add and use npf_alg_export().
- npf_conn_import: handle NAT metadata correctly.
- npf_nat_newpolicy: restore the policy ID.
- npfctl_load: fix error code handling for the limit cases.
- npf_config_import: fix the inverted logic.
- npfctl_load: improve error handling.

branches: 1.14.2;
NPF: add nbuf_t * into npf_cache_t and remove unnecessary carrying by argument.

NPF: partially rewrite the connection tracking mechanism:
- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.

branches: 1.12.2;
npf_alg_session: fix inverted logic in the previous commit.

NPF: pass ALG functions via npfa_funcs_t structure.

NPF:
- Adjust NAT to not assume flow direction in some cases and thus support
less usual setups which are possible when using 'map' with a custom
filter criteria.
- Introduce NPF_SRC/NPF_DST and replace npc_src/npc_dst with npc_ips[2]
for more convenient handling.
- ICMP ALG: restrict matching only to the outgoing traffic, but be more
direction-agnostic elsewhere.

branches: 1.9.2;
- NPF connection tracking: rework synchronisation on tracking disable/enable
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.

Make ALG's autoloadable by providing in the config file:
alg "algname"

NPF:
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.

- Rework NPF's nbuf interface: use advancing and ensuring as a main method.
Eliminate unnecessary copy and simplify. Adapt regression tests.
- Simplify ICMP ALG a little. While here, handle ICMP ECHO for traceroute.
- Minor fixes, misc cleanup.

branches: 1.5.2;
- Rework NPF tables and fix support for IPv6. Implement tree table type
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.

NPF:
- Rename some functions for consistency and de-inline them.
- Fix few invalid asserts (add regressoin test).
- Use pserialize(9) for ALG interface.
- Minor fixes, sprinkle many comments.

- Add NPF_DECISION_BLOCK and NPF_DECISION_PASS. Be more defensive in the
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.

branches: 1.2.6; 1.2.10; 1.2.14; 1.2.16;
NPF checkpoint:
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.

branches: 1.1.2; 1.1.4;
Import NPF - a packet filter. Some features:

- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.

- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.

- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).

- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.

- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).

NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.

Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@

NPF improvements:
- Add support for dynamic NETMAP algorithm (stateful net-to-net).
- Add most of the support for the dynamic NAT rules; a little bit more
userland work is needed to finish this up and enable.
- Replace 'stateful-ends' with more permissive 'stateful-all'.
- Add various tunable parameters and document them, see npf-params(7).
- Reduce the memory usage of the connection state table (conndb).
- Portmap rewrite: use memory more efficiently, handle addresses dynamically.
- Bug fix: add splsoftnet()/splx() around the thmap writers and comment.
- npftest: clean up and simplify; fix some memleaks to make ASAN happy.

Major NPF improvements:
- Convert NPF connection table to thmap. State lookup is now lock-free.
- Improve connection state G/C: it is now incremental and tunable.
- Add support for dynamic NAT address. Translation addresses can now be
selected from a pool of addresses. There are two selection algorithms,
"ip-hash" and "round-robin" (see the man page).
- Translation address can be specified as e.g. ifaddrs(wm0) in npf.conf
to dynamically choose an IP from the interface address(es).
- Add support for the NETMAP algorithm with static NAT for net-to-net
translation (it is equivalent to iptables NETMAP logic).
- Convert 'ipset' tables to use thmap; the table lookup is now lock-free.
- Misc improvements, bug fixes and more unit tests.
- Bump NPF_VERSION (will also bump libnpf).

NPF: Major rework -- migrate NPF to the libnv library.
- This conversion significantly simplifies the code and moves NPF to
a binary serialisation format (replacing the XML-like format).
- Fix some memory/reference leaks and possibly use-after-free bugs.
- Bump NPF_VERSION as this change makes libnpf incompatible with the
previous versions. Also, different serialisation format means NPF
connection/config saving and loading is not compatible with the
previous versions either.

Thanks to christos@ for extra testing.

Fix lockdebug diagnostic error of trying to acquire an rw_lock from a
pserialized active context. From riastradh@

branches: 1.16.14; 1.16.16;
Sync NPF with the version on github: backport standalone NPF changes,
which allow us to create and run separate NPF instances. Minor fixes.
(from rmind@)

branches: 1.15.2; 1.15.4;
- Add and use npf_alg_export().
- npf_conn_import: handle NAT metadata correctly.
- npf_nat_newpolicy: restore the policy ID.
- npfctl_load: fix error code handling for the limit cases.
- npf_config_import: fix the inverted logic.
- npfctl_load: improve error handling.

branches: 1.14.2;
NPF: add nbuf_t * into npf_cache_t and remove unnecessary carrying by argument.

NPF: partially rewrite the connection tracking mechanism:
- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.

branches: 1.12.2;
npf_alg_session: fix inverted logic in the previous commit.

NPF: pass ALG functions via npfa_funcs_t structure.

NPF:
- Adjust NAT to not assume flow direction in some cases and thus support
less usual setups which are possible when using 'map' with a custom
filter criteria.
- Introduce NPF_SRC/NPF_DST and replace npc_src/npc_dst with npc_ips[2]
for more convenient handling.
- ICMP ALG: restrict matching only to the outgoing traffic, but be more
direction-agnostic elsewhere.

branches: 1.9.2;
- NPF connection tracking: rework synchronisation on tracking disable/enable
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.

Make ALG's autoloadable by providing in the config file:
alg "algname"

NPF:
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.

- Rework NPF's nbuf interface: use advancing and ensuring as a main method.
Eliminate unnecessary copy and simplify. Adapt regression tests.
- Simplify ICMP ALG a little. While here, handle ICMP ECHO for traceroute.
- Minor fixes, misc cleanup.

branches: 1.5.2;
- Rework NPF tables and fix support for IPv6. Implement tree table type
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.

NPF:
- Rename some functions for consistency and de-inline them.
- Fix few invalid asserts (add regressoin test).
- Use pserialize(9) for ALG interface.
- Minor fixes, sprinkle many comments.

- Add NPF_DECISION_BLOCK and NPF_DECISION_PASS. Be more defensive in the
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.

branches: 1.2.6; 1.2.10; 1.2.14; 1.2.16;
NPF checkpoint:
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.

branches: 1.1.2; 1.1.4;
Import NPF - a packet filter. Some features:

- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.

- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.

- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).

- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.

- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).

NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.

Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@

Major NPF improvements:
- Convert NPF connection table to thmap. State lookup is now lock-free.
- Improve connection state G/C: it is now incremental and tunable.
- Add support for dynamic NAT address. Translation addresses can now be
selected from a pool of addresses. There are two selection algorithms,
"ip-hash" and "round-robin" (see the man page).
- Translation address can be specified as e.g. ifaddrs(wm0) in npf.conf
to dynamically choose an IP from the interface address(es).
- Add support for the NETMAP algorithm with static NAT for net-to-net
translation (it is equivalent to iptables NETMAP logic).
- Convert 'ipset' tables to use thmap; the table lookup is now lock-free.
- Misc improvements, bug fixes and more unit tests.
- Bump NPF_VERSION (will also bump libnpf).

NPF: Major rework -- migrate NPF to the libnv library.
- This conversion significantly simplifies the code and moves NPF to
a binary serialisation format (replacing the XML-like format).
- Fix some memory/reference leaks and possibly use-after-free bugs.
- Bump NPF_VERSION as this change makes libnpf incompatible with the
previous versions. Also, different serialisation format means NPF
connection/config saving and loading is not compatible with the
previous versions either.

Thanks to christos@ for extra testing.

Fix lockdebug diagnostic error of trying to acquire an rw_lock from a
pserialized active context. From riastradh@

branches: 1.16.14;
Sync NPF with the version on github: backport standalone NPF changes,
which allow us to create and run separate NPF instances. Minor fixes.
(from rmind@)

branches: 1.15.2; 1.15.4;
- Add and use npf_alg_export().
- npf_conn_import: handle NAT metadata correctly.
- npf_nat_newpolicy: restore the policy ID.
- npfctl_load: fix error code handling for the limit cases.
- npf_config_import: fix the inverted logic.
- npfctl_load: improve error handling.

branches: 1.14.2;
NPF: add nbuf_t * into npf_cache_t and remove unnecessary carrying by argument.

NPF: partially rewrite the connection tracking mechanism:
- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.

branches: 1.12.2;
npf_alg_session: fix inverted logic in the previous commit.

NPF: pass ALG functions via npfa_funcs_t structure.

NPF:
- Adjust NAT to not assume flow direction in some cases and thus support
less usual setups which are possible when using 'map' with a custom
filter criteria.
- Introduce NPF_SRC/NPF_DST and replace npc_src/npc_dst with npc_ips[2]
for more convenient handling.
- ICMP ALG: restrict matching only to the outgoing traffic, but be more
direction-agnostic elsewhere.

branches: 1.9.2;
- NPF connection tracking: rework synchronisation on tracking disable/enable
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.

Make ALG's autoloadable by providing in the config file:
alg "algname"

NPF:
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.

- Rework NPF's nbuf interface: use advancing and ensuring as a main method.
Eliminate unnecessary copy and simplify. Adapt regression tests.
- Simplify ICMP ALG a little. While here, handle ICMP ECHO for traceroute.
- Minor fixes, misc cleanup.

branches: 1.5.2;
- Rework NPF tables and fix support for IPv6. Implement tree table type
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.

NPF:
- Rename some functions for consistency and de-inline them.
- Fix few invalid asserts (add regressoin test).
- Use pserialize(9) for ALG interface.
- Minor fixes, sprinkle many comments.

- Add NPF_DECISION_BLOCK and NPF_DECISION_PASS. Be more defensive in the
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.

branches: 1.2.6; 1.2.10; 1.2.14; 1.2.16;
NPF checkpoint:
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.

branches: 1.1.2; 1.1.4;
Import NPF - a packet filter. Some features:

- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.

- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.

- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).

- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.

- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).

NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.

Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@

Sync NPF with the version on github: backport standalone NPF changes,
which allow us to create and run separate NPF instances. Minor fixes.
(from rmind@)

- Add and use npf_alg_export().
- npf_conn_import: handle NAT metadata correctly.
- npf_nat_newpolicy: restore the policy ID.
- npfctl_load: fix error code handling for the limit cases.
- npf_config_import: fix the inverted logic.
- npfctl_load: improve error handling.

branches: 1.14.2;
NPF: add nbuf_t * into npf_cache_t and remove unnecessary carrying by argument.

NPF: partially rewrite the connection tracking mechanism:
- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.

branches: 1.12.2;
npf_alg_session: fix inverted logic in the previous commit.

NPF: pass ALG functions via npfa_funcs_t structure.

NPF:
- Adjust NAT to not assume flow direction in some cases and thus support
less usual setups which are possible when using 'map' with a custom
filter criteria.
- Introduce NPF_SRC/NPF_DST and replace npc_src/npc_dst with npc_ips[2]
for more convenient handling.
- ICMP ALG: restrict matching only to the outgoing traffic, but be more
direction-agnostic elsewhere.

branches: 1.9.2;
- NPF connection tracking: rework synchronisation on tracking disable/enable
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.

Make ALG's autoloadable by providing in the config file:
alg "algname"

NPF:
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.

- Rework NPF's nbuf interface: use advancing and ensuring as a main method.
Eliminate unnecessary copy and simplify. Adapt regression tests.
- Simplify ICMP ALG a little. While here, handle ICMP ECHO for traceroute.
- Minor fixes, misc cleanup.

branches: 1.5.2;
- Rework NPF tables and fix support for IPv6. Implement tree table type
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.

NPF:
- Rename some functions for consistency and de-inline them.
- Fix few invalid asserts (add regressoin test).
- Use pserialize(9) for ALG interface.
- Minor fixes, sprinkle many comments.

- Add NPF_DECISION_BLOCK and NPF_DECISION_PASS. Be more defensive in the
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.

branches: 1.2.6; 1.2.10; 1.2.14; 1.2.16;
NPF checkpoint:
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.

branches: 1.1.2; 1.1.4;
Import NPF - a packet filter. Some features:

- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.

- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.

- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).

- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.

- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).

NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.

Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@