Normal input parser allows flowtables without 'devices' token, which makes the json export part elide 'dev' entirely, this then breaks on re-import: $ nft -j -f json.dump /tmp/json_1:1:14-14: Error: Object item not found: dev Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/parser_json.c | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/parser_json.c b/src/parser_json.c index 2ab0196461e2..4913260434f4 100644 --- a/src/parser_json.c +++ b/src/parser_json.c @@ -3158,7 +3158,7 @@ static struct cmd *json_parse_cmd_add_flowtable(struct json_ctx *ctx, const char *family, *hook, *hookstr; struct flowtable *flowtable; struct handle h = { 0 }; - json_t *devs; + json_t *devs = NULL; int prio; if (json_unpack_err(ctx, root, "{s:s, s:s}", @@ -3187,14 +3187,15 @@ static struct cmd *json_parse_cmd_add_flowtable(struct json_ctx *ctx, if (op == CMD_DELETE || op == CMD_LIST) return cmd_alloc(op, cmd_obj, &h, int_loc, NULL); - if (json_unpack_err(ctx, root, "{s:s, s:I, s:o}", + if (json_unpack_err(ctx, root, "{s:s, s:I}", "hook", &hook, - "prio", &prio, - "dev", &devs)) { + "prio", &prio)) { handle_free(&h); return NULL; } + json_unpack(root, "{s:o}", &devs); + hookstr = chain_hookname_lookup(hook); if (!hookstr) { json_error(ctx, "Invalid flowtable hook '%s'.", hook); @@ -3209,12 +3210,14 @@ static struct cmd *json_parse_cmd_add_flowtable(struct json_ctx *ctx, BYTEORDER_HOST_ENDIAN, sizeof(int) * BITS_PER_BYTE, &prio); - flowtable->dev_expr = json_parse_flowtable_devs(ctx, devs); - if (!flowtable->dev_expr) { - json_error(ctx, "Invalid flowtable dev."); - flowtable_free(flowtable); - handle_free(&h); - return NULL; + if (devs) { + flowtable->dev_expr = json_parse_flowtable_devs(ctx, devs); + if (!flowtable->dev_expr) { + json_error(ctx, "Invalid flowtable dev."); + flowtable_free(flowtable); + handle_free(&h); + return NULL; + } } return cmd_alloc(op, cmd_obj, &h, int_loc, flowtable); } -- 2.34.1