From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.netfilter.org (mail.netfilter.org [217.70.190.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF9892D6E6F for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773853187; cv=none; b=MDEaHsvphytsJ50fmWjpB9oSWR6jg0evmTgidk88dEeGQnHCFhW9EGu4B+BK0Rou3J5dJ5qyjTbnsKDqA4S1vIcCHR7mFFsioBKRAAwLJ3XFK/6YeVXEIehe1489Q1ubzWXDVTFakCXplcbQDXPwFdcd0ezkMBB50HvgWAwFV/c= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773853187; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ezNyNYk98Wy5iXo4E66EP4eHlscYUWb7QPXaR+80SsI=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=WfIK148iRJrGxGbGB6Bei2LSng0EPrTTzqI3TAPQNvjdhQl+qfw5wgNAO2ER1mUJuo94lFeTNiFy8yoNQYdVIS3nDAlPVgPLXnaOrOPYOU69g8IcBq5gT8iPB+HI2/JnbWsEzcJvAIAjYJSYBT9mb1EsKyZabfizBRddPib9m+8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b=dvSKPjE8; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b="dvSKPjE8" Received: from netfilter.org (mail-agni [217.70.190.124]) by mail.netfilter.org (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 11C876026F; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:59:44 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netfilter.org; s=2025; t=1773853184; bh=9m6HtUiZzraFsKcmQLTWMfsaqHlrcyGyCNRtS0T4WVY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dvSKPjE8w/p+H0tc/hUw2b5Sarp0aMsjpt1GjIjr4EWcayAHlmO/PdUmivzT0Y/ip A2Hd6CKkAWVBsa8GRiNu51ZpHW6xJMmrIbaRx1Y5wcxi5aW8l2h+kAmKBxUBGtJliR lbsYWwTba1TuuBmcc/pAYQxLVYZ8zqhELXI6Rpe2/8s6qTYAzAtfAQxkiLWSxjEV2W EIA6/Fr69ZV7Z7CszkfCFebtsx61Os/+pNoBAwBcCiAI3+DOhSiwG0JN5lidemWVMH 60Na4LIskuGmSiqjvEqENeIHPs3ebMytCB1PrVI7EYeCrNWnBRcAi+gz+QGfQqdRZu TME7gooRrZ5CA== Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:59:41 +0100 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Phil Sutter , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Garver Subject: Re: [nft PATCH 0/5] Enhance cache filter for list commands Message-ID: References: <20260310231115.25638-1-phil@nwl.cc> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 05:58:25PM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 05:23:16PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 12:11:10AM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > > > Reducing the amount of data fetched from kernel improves performance > > > with large rule sets but also reduces adverse side-effects if multiple > > > versions of nftables access the same kernel rule set. Being able to > > > ignore parts of the rule set one is not interested in allows for (more or > > > less) safe coexistence if each tool is operating on the data it created > > > itself only. > > > > > > This series reduces caching for list commands which specify a family > > > and/or table. To help testing this, patch 1 extends netlink debug output > > > to include chains, flowtables and objects so a test case may check if > > > they are fetched or not. > > > > > > The remaining patches actually increase filter use. > > > > > > Phil Sutter (5): > > > cache: Include chains, flowtables and objects in netlink debug output > > > cache: Respect family in all list commands > > > cache: Relax chain_cache_dump filter application > > > cache: Filter for table when listing sets or maps > > > cache: Filter for table when listing flowtables > > > > Series applied after inserting suggested Fixes: tags. > > Uoh. > > I did not even get here to review. Oh sorry, it looks good to me. I thought you applied the one to fix "list table ...; list table ...;". That other series I would like to have a closer look.