Restore skipping transaction if table update does not modify flags. Fixes: 179d9ba5559a ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix table flag updates") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This restores: nft -f -<<EOF add table ip t { flags dormant ; } EOF nft -f -<<EOF add table ip t add chain ip t c1 { type filter hook input priority 1; } add table ip t add chain ip t c2 { type filter hook input priority 2; } EOF after c9bd26513b3a ("netfilter: nf_tables: disable toggling dormant table state more than once") which IMO is not the real issue. This provides an alternative fix for: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_tables: fix consistent table updates being rejected net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index fb319a3cd923..2d8828dbe980 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx) if (flags & ~NFT_TABLE_F_MASK) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (flags == ctx->table->flags) + if (flags == (ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_MASK)) return 0; if ((nft_table_has_owner(ctx->table) && -- 2.30.2