Re: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: xt_quota: fix the behavior of xt_quota module

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On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 06:23:08PM -0700, Chenbo Feng wrote:
> From: Chenbo Feng <fengc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> A major flaw of the current xt_quota module is that quota in a specific
> rule gets reset every time there is a rule change in the same table. It
> makes the xt_quota module not very useful in a table in which iptables
> rules are changed at run time. This fix introduces a new counter that is
> visible to userspace as the remaining quota of the current rule. When
> userspace restores the rules in a table, it can restore the counter to
> the remaining quota instead of resetting it to the full quota.

Applied, thanks.



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