Re: [nf_tables PATCH v4 1/5] netfilter: nft_nat: include a flag attribute

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On 9 September 2014 11:50, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 02:06:14PM +0200, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
>> Both SNAT and DNAT (and the upcoming masquerade) can have additional
>> configuration parameters, such as port randomization or NAT addressing
>> persistence.
>> We can cover these scenarios by simply adding a flag attribute for
>> userspace to fill when needed.
>>
>> The flags to use are defined in include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_nat.h,
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_MAP_IPS
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_SPECIFIED
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_PERSISTENT
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM_FULLY
>>  NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM_ALL
>>
>> The caller must take care of not messing up with the flags, as they are
>> added unconditionally to the final resulting nf_nat_range.
>
> Not sure this comment is relevant. Of course, userspace should select
> the flags accordingly :-). Let me know if the intention was other than
> insisting on the fact that the flags alter the way the NAT is done.
>

Yes, I meant that no additional check is done to know if the flags
combination makes sense.

>
> I'm going to make the following comestic change:
>
> #define NF_NAT_RANGE_MASK                                      \
>      (NF_NAT_RANGE_MAP_IPS | NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_SPECIFIED |    \
>       NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM | NF_NAT_RANGE_PERSISTENT |    \
>       NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM_FULLY)
>
> Next time, place the '|' '&' and so on after at the end of the line.
>

Ok, thanks.

-- 
Arturo Borrero González
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