Re: [nf-next PATCH v3 0/6] netfilter: nf_tables: Kill name length restrictions

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On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 04:56:38PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> The following series lifts the tight restriction on name length of
> tables, chains, sets and objects. This is done by allocating memory for
> names dynamically, so there is no added overhead when reducing the
> restriction to a mere sanity level of 255 characters.
> 
> The first patch removes a needless check discovered when discussing v2
> of this patch set.
> 
> The second patch introduces nla_strdup() which aids in duplicating a
> string contained in a netlink attribute. It is used to replace the call
> to nla_strlcpy() when populating name fields.
> 
> I've tested the series manually by creating tables, chains, sets and
> counter objects with long names and automated by running the py and
> shell testsuites of nftables repo. Also, kmemleak did not find anything
> nftables related.

Series applied, thanks Phil.
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