libiptc: Returns the position the entry was inserted

Jan Engelhardt showed no objections to this patch.

diff --git a/include/libiptc/libiptc.h b/include/libiptc/libiptc.h
index 24cdbdb79fddc6fe2dc1b5c78db6e15b6cd48e7f..b9a42c9612b86a966a9811355cc8a49e632615e8 100644 (file)
--- a/include/libiptc/libiptc.h
+++ b/include/libiptc/libiptc.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ int iptc_replace_entry(const xt_chainlabel chain,
                       struct xtc_handle *handle);
 
 /* Append entry `e' to chain `chain'.  Equivalent to insert with
-   rulenum = length of chain. */
+   rulenum = length of chain. Returns the position the entry was
+   inserted or 0 if an error occurs */
 int iptc_append_entry(const xt_chainlabel chain,
                      const struct ipt_entry *e,
                      struct xtc_handle *handle);

diff --git a/libiptc/libiptc.c b/libiptc/libiptc.c
index 63fcfc2afc1c21931a775619852ac7ed10820db8..ddaee128509630e2a263063783890a17b0aac055 100644 (file)
--- a/libiptc/libiptc.c
+++ b/libiptc/libiptc.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,8 @@ TC_REPLACE_ENTRY(const IPT_CHAINLABEL chain,
 }
 
 /* Append entry `fw' to chain `chain'.  Equivalent to insert with
-   rulenum = length of chain. */
+   rulenum = length of chain. Returns the position the entry was
+   inserted or 0 if an error occurs */
 int
 TC_APPEND_ENTRY(const IPT_CHAINLABEL chain,
                const STRUCT_ENTRY *e,
@@ -1872,7 +1873,7 @@ TC_APPEND_ENTRY(const IPT_CHAINLABEL chain,
 
        set_changed(handle);
 
-       return 1;
+       return c->num_rules;
 }
 
 static inline int