From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A80BC433DB for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:30:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 219C664E2D for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:30:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231397AbhBLMaM (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:30:12 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40560 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231345AbhBLMaF (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:30:05 -0500 Received: from Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc (Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc [IPv6:2a0a:51c0:0:12e:520::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B4A9C061574; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:29:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw by Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lAXZb-0000g1-9H; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:29:23 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:29:23 +0100 From: Florian Westphal To: Phil Sutter , Florian Westphal , Martin Gignac , netfilter@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel Subject: Re: Unable to create a chain called "trace" Message-ID: <20210212122923.GF2766@breakpoint.cc> References: <20210208154915.GF16570@breakpoint.cc> <20210208164750.GM3158@orbyte.nwl.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210208164750.GM3158@orbyte.nwl.cc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Phil Sutter wrote: > > grammar bug. > > > > Pablo, Phil, others, can you remind me why we never did: > > Because this would be followed up by: > > | Subject: Unable to create a table called "trace" > > Jokes aside: > > I think Pablo didn't like the obvious consequence of having to quote > *all* string types which are user-defined in output. He played with > keeping the quotes as part of the name, so they are sent to kernel and > in listing they would automatically appear quoted. I don't quite > remember why this was problematic, though. > > In general, shells eating the quotes is problematic and users may not be > aware of it. This includes scripts that mangle ruleset dumps by > accident, etc. (Not sure if it is really a problem as we quote some > strings already). Ok, but what if we just allow use of quotes in input? That would at least allow to use nft to delete/add to chains created by other tools.