Hi,
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 01:09:57PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12:36:49PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > Hi Pablo,
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:07:38AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:55:49AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 01:03:20AM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > > > > This reverts commit 9b032cd6477b847f48dc8454f0e73935e9f48754.
> > > > >
> > > > > While it is true that a cache exists, we still need to capture new sets
> > > > > and their elements if they are anonymous. This is because the name
> > > > > changes and rules will refer to them by name.
> > >
> > > Please, tell me how I can reproduce this here with a simple snippet
> > > and I will have a look. Thanks!
> >
> > Just run tests/monitor testsuite, echo testing simple.t will fail.
> > Alternatively, add a rule with anonymous set like so:
> > | # nft --echo add rule inet t c tcp dport '{ 22, 80 }'
>
> let me have a look.
Thanks!
> > > > > Given that there is no easy way to identify the anonymous set in cache
> > > > > (kernel doesn't (and shouldn't) dump SET_ID value) to update its name,
> > > > > just go with cache updates. Assuming that echo option is typically used
> > > > > for single commands, there is not much cache updating happening anyway.
> > > >
> > > > This was fixing a real bug, if this is breaking anything, then I think
> > > > we are not getting to the root cause.
> > > >
> > > > But reverting it does not make things any better.
> >
> > With all respect, this wasn't obvious. There is no test case covering
> > it, commit message reads like it is an optimization (apart from the
> > subject containing 'fix').
>
> This patch is fixing --echo with nft using a batch via -f. I started
> updating the test infrastructure but I never finished this.
Ah, I guess extending tests/monitor is not feasible for that. Maybe just
add a case to tests/shell/testcases/nft-f? There is one shell
test for echo option already (cache/0007_echo_cache_init_0).
Cheers, Phil
