Re: [ebtables-compat PATCH] ebtables-compat: fix ACCEPT printing by simplifying logic

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 01:44:16PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> On 15 January 2015 at 13:32, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 06:36:10PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> >> The commit bc543af ("ebtables-compat: fix segfault in rules w/o target")
> >> doesn't handle all possible cases of target printing, and ACCEPT is left
> >> behind.
> >>
> >> BTW, the logic of target (-j XXX) printing is a bit weird. This patch
> >> simplifies it.
> >>
> >> I assume:
> >>  * cs->jumpto is only filled by nft_immediate.
> >>  * cs->target is only filled by nft_target.
> >>
> >> So we end with these cases:
> >>  * nft_immediate contains a 'standard' target (ACCEPT, DROP, CONTINUE, RETURN, chain)
> >>   Then cs->jumpto contains the target already. We have the rule.
> >>  * No standard target. If nft_target contains a target, try to load it.
> >>  * Neither nft_target nor nft_immediate exist. Then, assume CONTINUE.
> >>
> >> The printing path is then straight forward: either cs.jumpto or cs.target
> >> contains the target.
> >>
> >> As there isn't support for target extensions yet, there is no way to test the
> >> nft_target (cs.target) path.
> >
> > Not telling this is wrong, but I guess the resulting code to print the
> > target has to converge to what we have in iptables-compat (see
> > iptables/nft-ipv4.c). I mean, the handling should look similar. Could
> > you revisit that and make sure that this and the existing code
> > converge to the point? Thanks.
> 
> I could try to factorize code to a common function, something like:
> void nft_shared_rule_translate_target(char **jumpto, struct
> xtables_target **target)
> void nft_shared_print_target(const char *jumpto, const struct
> xtables_target *target)
> 
> Do you like the idea?

Yes, the more we consolidate the less redundancy. Please, for the
function names, I'd suggest a bit shorter ones: nft_set_target() and
nft_print_target() I'd say.
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