What do the fields in /proc/net/ipt_hashlimit/FILE mean?

These files are created upon iptables -A CHAIN -m hashlimit--hashlimit-name FILE [...]

What do the fields in /proc/net/ipt_hashlimit/FILE mean?

These files are created upon iptables -A CHAIN -m hashlimit--hashlimit-name FILE [...]

[...] 9 198.51.100.23:0->0.0.0.0:0 80000 80000 160 [...]

The first column shows the time in seconds when the entry of the hashlimit will be removed by the garbage collection, if there are no matched packets for the rule.

The second column is based upon the mode you specify with --hashlimit-mode In this case it is srcip. It shows the srcip here.

What are the meaning of columns 3,4 and 5?

What does the fields in /proc/net/ipt_hashlimit/FILE mean?

These files are created upon iptables -A CHAIN -m hashlimit--hashlimit-name FILE [...]

What do the fields in /proc/net/ipt_hashlimit/FILE mean?

These files are created upon iptables -A CHAIN -m hashlimit--hashlimit-name FILE [...]