__CMD_FLUSH_RULESET is a dummy definition that used to skip the netlink
dump to populate the cache. This patch is a workaround until we have a
better infrastructure to track the state of the cache objects.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: check for __CMD_FLUSH_RULESET before dumping tables via netlink.
include/rule.h | 1 +
src/cache.c | 3 +++
src/rule.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/rule.h b/include/rule.h
index dd9df9ec6dd8..b41825d000d6 100644
--- a/include/rule.h
+++ b/include/rule.h
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ enum cmd_ops {
CMD_EXPORT,
CMD_MONITOR,
CMD_DESCRIBE,
+ __CMD_FLUSH_RULESET,
};
/**
diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 532ef425906a..d7153f6f6b8f 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ static unsigned int evaluate_cache_flush(struct cmd *cmd)
unsigned int completeness = CMD_INVALID;
switch (cmd->obj) {
+ case CMD_OBJ_RULESET:
+ completeness = __CMD_FLUSH_RULESET;
+ break;
case CMD_OBJ_SET:
case CMD_OBJ_MAP:
case CMD_OBJ_METER:
diff --git a/src/rule.c b/src/rule.c
index 8de5aa62b94f..0c0fd07ec70c 100644
--- a/src/rule.c
+++ b/src/rule.c
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ static int cache_init(struct netlink_ctx *ctx, enum cmd_ops cmd)
};
int ret;
+ if (cmd == __CMD_FLUSH_RULESET)
+ return 0;
+
ret = cache_init_tables(ctx, &handle, &ctx->nft->cache);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
--
2.11.0
