On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 11:35:32AM +0200, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote: > Hi, > > i'm playing with nftables maps and found some issues. > > First: > > I can add this named map in the CLI but I can't load it from a file. > This can be reproduced with these commands: > > % nft flush ruleset > % nft add table t > % nft add map t m { type ipv4_addr : ipv4_addr ; } > % nft add element t m {1.1.1.1: 2.2.2.2 } > % echo "flush ruleset" > test.nft > % nft list ruleset >> test.nft > % nft -f test.nft > test.nft:5:28-46: Error: mapping outside of map context > elements = { 1.1.1.1 : 2.2.2.2} > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Known issue, our grammar is invoking the evaluating the elements before it has actually evaluated the declaration. > Second: > > I can use ANONYMOUS maps for SNAT: > > % nft flush ruleset > % nft add table nat > % nft add chain nat postrouting > % nft add rule nat postrouting snat ip saddr map {1.1.1.1 : 2.2.2.2} > [OK] > > But I can't use NAMED maps for SNAT: > > % nft flush ruleset > % nft add table nat > % nft add map nat m { type ipv4_addr : ipv4_addr\; } > % nft add element nat m { 1.1.1.1 : 2.2.2.2 } > % nft add chain nat postrouting > % nft add rule nat postrouting snat ip saddr map @m > <cmdline>:1:1-45: Error: Could not process rule: Invalid argument > add rule nat postrouting snat ip saddr map @m > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This seems to be triggered by the kernel (I'm running 4.1, please let > me know if newer versions has this fixed) Sigh, I already sent a patch for this to -stable on Sep 11th. http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=144197606028112&w=4 -- 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