host_firewall: refresh the Spamhaus sets by rule set reload, flush and refill let unlisted addresses match

host_firewall/files/nft-host-spamhaus

@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ def nft(*args):
     return subprocess.run(["nft", *args], capture_output=True, text=True)
 
 
-def write(path, text):
-    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        f.write(text)
-
-
 def main():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
         drop4 = [r["cidr"] for r in spamhaus_records("drop_v4", tmp)]
@@ -131,36 +126,37 @@ def main():
             return ",\n\t\t".join(str(n) for n in networks) + ","
 
         persisted = ["# Generated by nft-host-spamhaus, do not edit.", "table inet host {"]
-        update = []
         for name, kind in (("spamhaus_v4", "ipv4_addr"), ("spamhaus_v6", "ipv6_addr")):
             persisted.append(f"\tset {name} {{ type {kind}; flags interval; auto-merge; elements = {{\n"
                              f"\t\t{elements(sets[name])}\n\t}} }}")
-            update.append(f"flush set inet host {name}\n"
-                          f"add element inet host {name} {{\n\t{elements(sets[name])}\n}}")
         persisted.append("}\n")
 
-        persisted_path = os.path.join(tmp, "host-spamhaus.nft")
+        candidate = os.path.join(tmp, "host-spamhaus.nft")
-        update_path = os.path.join(tmp, "update.nft")
+        with open(candidate, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        write(persisted_path, "\n".join(persisted))
+            f.write("\n".join(persisted))
-        write(update_path, "\n".join(update) + "\n")
+        checked = nft("-c", "-f", candidate)
+        if checked.returncode != 0:
+            fail(f"nft rejects the sets: {checked.stderr.strip()}")
 
-        # The running table gets the new elements in one transaction; without
+        previous = None
-        # the sets (boot, or a rule set rendered without them) the persisted
+        if os.path.exists(PERSISTED):
-        # file is the only copy.
+            previous = os.path.join(tmp, "previous.nft")
-        loaded = all(nft("list", "set", "inet", "host", n).returncode == 0
+            shutil.copyfile(PERSISTED, previous)
-                     for n in ("spamhaus_v4", "spamhaus_v6"))
+        shutil.copyfile(candidate, PERSISTED + ".new")
-        for path in (persisted_path,) + ((update_path,) if loaded else ()):
-            checked = nft("-c", "-f", path)
-            if checked.returncode != 0:
-                fail(f"nft rejects {os.path.basename(path)}: {checked.stderr.strip()}")
-        if loaded:
-            applied = nft("-f", update_path)
-            if applied.returncode != 0:
-                fail(f"loading the sets failed: {applied.stderr.strip()}")
-        shutil.copyfile(persisted_path, PERSISTED + ".new")
         os.chmod(PERSISTED + ".new", 0o644)
         os.replace(PERSISTED + ".new", PERSISTED)
-        print("loaded into the running table" if loaded else "persisted only")
+
+        # A reload replaces the whole table, sets included, in one transaction.
+        # Flushing and refilling a running interval set instead lets packets of
+        # unlisted addresses match while the transaction commits.
+        active = subprocess.run(["systemctl", "-q", "is-active", "nft-host.service"]).returncode == 0
+        if active:
+            reloaded = subprocess.run(["systemctl", "reload", "nft-host.service"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+            if reloaded.returncode != 0:
+                if previous:
+                    shutil.copyfile(previous, PERSISTED)
+                fail(f"reloading the rule set failed, kept the previous sets: {reloaded.stderr.strip()}")
+        print("reloaded the rule set" if active else "persisted only")
 
 
 try: