On 11.04, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > From: Pablo Neira <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > nftables used to have a cache to speed up interface name <-> index lookup, > restore it using libmnl. > > This reduces netlink traffic since if_nametoindex() and if_indextoname() open, > send a request, receive the list of interface and close a netlink socket for > each call. I think this is also good for consistency since nft -f will operate > with the same index number when reloading the ruleset. > > The cache is populated by when nft_if_nametoindex() and nft_if_indextoname() > are used for first time. Then, it it released in the output path. In the > interactive mode, it is invalidated after each command. Looks very good, thanks for your patience :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
