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[nftables-kernel,3/7] netfilter: nf_tables: Expose the table's chain usage to the netlink API

Message ID 1381754816-28472-4-git-send-email-tomasz.bursztyka@linux.intel.com
State Changes Requested
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Tomasz Bursztyka Oct. 14, 2013, 12:46 p.m. UTC 
User space can therefore know whether a table is in use or not, and by
how many chains.

Suggested by Pablo Neira Ayuso.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Bursztyka <tomasz.bursztyka@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 2 ++
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c            | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index b108548..28f0ffb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -110,11 +110,13 @@  enum nft_table_flags {
  *
  * @NFTA_TABLE_NAME: name of the table (NLA_STRING)
  * @NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS: bitmask of enum nft_table_flags (NLA_U32)
+ * @NFTA_TABLE_CHAINS: number of chains in this table (NLA_U32)
  */
 enum nft_table_attributes {
 	NFTA_TABLE_UNSPEC,
 	NFTA_TABLE_NAME,
 	NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS,
+	NFTA_TABLE_CHAINS,
 	__NFTA_TABLE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_TABLE_MAX		(__NFTA_TABLE_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index dcddc49..482b689 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@  static int nf_tables_fill_table_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 	nfmsg->res_id		= 0;
 
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TABLE_NAME, table->name) ||
-	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS, htonl(table->flags)))
+	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS, htonl(table->flags)) ||
+	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_CHAINS, htonl(table->use)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);