From 9370761c56b66aa5c65e069a7b010111a025018d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:21:26 +0200 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: convert built-in tables/chains to chain types This patch converts built-in tables/chains to chain types that allows you to deploy customized table and chain configurations from userspace. After this patch, you have to specify the chain type when creating a new chain: add chain ip filter output { type filter hook input priority 0; } ^^^^ ------ The existing chain types after this patch are: filter, route and nat. Note that tables are just containers of chains with no specific semantics, which is a significant change with regards to iptables. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/uapi') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h index 9e924014efe3..779cf951c8de 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum nft_table_attributes { * @NFTA_CHAIN_HANDLE: numeric handle of the chain (NLA_U64) * @NFTA_CHAIN_NAME: name of the chain (NLA_STRING) * @NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK: hook specification for basechains (NLA_NESTED: nft_hook_attributes) + * @NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE: type name of the string (NLA_NUL_STRING) */ enum nft_chain_attributes { NFTA_CHAIN_UNSPEC, @@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ enum nft_chain_attributes { NFTA_CHAIN_HANDLE, NFTA_CHAIN_NAME, NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK, + NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE, __NFTA_CHAIN_MAX }; #define NFTA_CHAIN_MAX (__NFTA_CHAIN_MAX - 1) -- cgit v1.3.1