Re: [PATCH] audit: log nftables configuration change events once per table

[Phil Sutter]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 02:37:03PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 2021-03-18 17:30, Phil Sutter wrote:
[...]
> > Why did you leave the object-related logs in place? They should reappear
> > at commit time just like chains and sets for instance, no?
> 
> There are other paths that can trigger these messages that don't go
> through nf_tables_commit() that affect the configuration data.  The
> counters are considered config data for auditing purposes and the act of
> resetting them is audittable.  And the only time we want to emit a
> record is when they are being reset.

Oh, I see. I wasn't aware 'nft reset' bypasses the transaction logic,
thanks for clarifying!

Cheers, Phil