On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 05:24:06PM +0200, Eric Leblond wrote: > Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/nftables.h | 1 + > include/nftables/nftables.h | 3 +++ > src/libnftables.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > src/main.c | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/nftables.h b/include/nftables.h > index a457aba..717af37 100644 > --- a/include/nftables.h > +++ b/include/nftables.h > @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct output_ctx { > struct nft_ctx { > struct output_ctx output; > bool check; > + struct mnl_socket *nf_sock; > }; > > struct nft_cache { > diff --git a/include/nftables/nftables.h b/include/nftables/nftables.h > index 4ba16f0..cfa60fe 100644 > --- a/include/nftables/nftables.h > +++ b/include/nftables/nftables.h > @@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ > void nft_global_init(void); > void nft_global_deinit(void); > > +struct nft_ctx *nft_context_new(void); > +void nft_context_free(struct nft_ctx *nft); > + > #endif > diff --git a/src/libnftables.c b/src/libnftables.c > index 215179a..6756c0f 100644 > --- a/src/libnftables.c > +++ b/src/libnftables.c > @@ -51,3 +51,23 @@ void nft_global_deinit(void) > realm_table_meta_exit(); > mark_table_exit(); > } > + > +struct nft_ctx *nft_context_new(void) > +{ > + struct nft_ctx *ctx = NULL; > + ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(struct nft_ctx)); > + if (ctx == NULL) > + return NULL; > + ctx->nf_sock = netlink_open_sock(); I would prefer we keep the 'struct mnl_socket' away from the context structure. If we want to support monitor mode, that is something I would like to support too, then we have to expose this netlink descriptor since event handling is usually trickier. Please, don't tell me that we can expose the socket file descriptor though some nft_ctx_get_fd()... Then, we may have to expose toggle for O_CLOEXEC in socket() and whatever new details that gets added to netlink. In the past, looking at libnfnetlink and other libnetfilter_*, hidding the netlink file descriptor - and netlink details in general - was a design decision. -- 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