This target marks packets so that the kernel will log every rule which match the packets as those traverse the tables, chains, rules.

A logging backend, such as ip(6)t_LOG or nfnetlink_log, must be loaded for this to be visible. The packets are logged with the string prefix: "TRACE: tablename:chainname:type:rulenum " where type can be "rule" for plain rule, "return" for implicit rule at the end of a user defined chain and "policy" for the policy of the built in chains.
It can only be used in the raw table.