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Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2023 11:07:42 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_tables: do not refresh timeout when
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Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> The dump and reset command should not refresh the timeout, this command
> is intended to allow users to list existing stateful objects and reset
> them, element expiration should be refresh via transaction instead with
> a specific command to achieve this, otherwise this is entering combo
> semantics that will be hard to be undone later (eg. a user asking to
> retrieve counters but _not_ requiring to refresh expiration).

Agreed.