From 5a735f26b0c6617b2851a7399c8ad118e89deba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:34:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: nft.8: Extend monitor description by trace
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1820365
Upstream Status: nftables commit 2acf8b2caea19
commit 2acf8b2caea19d8abd46d475a908f8d6afb33aa0
Author: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Date: Wed May 19 13:12:48 2021 +0200
doc: nft.8: Extend monitor description by trace
Briefly describe 'nft monitor trace' command functionality.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
doc/nft.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nft.txt b/doc/nft.txt
index abb9260..9cc35ee 100644
--- a/doc/nft.txt
+++ b/doc/nft.txt
@@ -734,13 +734,26 @@ These are some additional commands included in nft.
MONITOR
~~~~~~~~
The monitor command allows you to listen to Netlink events produced by the
-nf_tables subsystem, related to creation and deletion of objects. When they
+nf_tables subsystem. These are either related to creation and deletion of
+objects or to packets for which *meta nftrace* was enabled. When they
occur, nft will print to stdout the monitored events in either JSON or
native nft format. +
-To filter events related to a concrete object, use one of the keywords 'tables', 'chains', 'sets', 'rules', 'elements', 'ruleset'. +
+[verse]
+____
+*monitor* [*new* | *destroy*] 'MONITOR_OBJECT'
+*monitor* *trace*
+
+'MONITOR_OBJECT' := *tables* | *chains* | *sets* | *rules* | *elements* | *ruleset*
+____
+
+To filter events related to a concrete object, use one of the keywords in
+'MONITOR_OBJECT'.
-To filter events related to a concrete action, use keyword 'new' or 'destroy'.
+To filter events related to a concrete action, use keyword *new* or *destroy*.
+
+The second form of invocation takes no further options and exclusively prints
+events generated for packets with *nftrace* enabled.
Hit ^C to finish the monitor operation.
@@ -764,6 +777,12 @@ Hit ^C to finish the monitor operation.
% nft monitor ruleset
---------------------
+.Trace incoming packets from host 10.0.0.1
+------------------------------------------
+% nft add rule filter input ip saddr 10.0.0.1 meta nftrace set 1
+% nft monitor trace
+------------------------------------------
+
ERROR REPORTING
---------------
When an error is detected, nft shows the line(s) containing the error, the
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