From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
<netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>,
pablo@netfilter.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 04/13] netfilter: add deprecation warning for dccp support
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 16:15:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407141540.11549-5-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407141540.11549-1-fw@strlen.de>
Add a deprecation warning for the xt_dccp match and the
nft exthdr code.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c | 3 +++
net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 5f01269a49bd..14d4ad7f518c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -796,6 +796,9 @@ nft_exthdr_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_NFT_EXTHDR_DCCP
case NFT_EXTHDR_OP_DCCP:
+ pr_warn_once("The dccp option matching is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027.\n"
+ "Please contact the netfilter-devel mailing list or update your nftables rules.\n");
+
if (tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG])
return &nft_exthdr_dccp_ops;
break;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c b/net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c
index 037ab93e25d0..3db81e041af9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_dccp.c
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ static int __init dccp_mt_init(void)
{
int ret;
+ pr_warn_once("The DCCP match is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027.\n"
+ "Please contact the netfilter-devel mailing list or update your iptables rules\n");
+
/* doff is 8 bits, so the maximum option size is (4*256). Don't put
* this in BSS since DaveM is worried about locked TLB's for kernel
* BSS. */
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 14:15 [PATCH net-next 00/13] netfilter: updates for net-next Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 01/13] netfilter: use function typedefs for __rcu NAT helper hook pointers Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 02/13] netfilter: nf_tables: Fix typo in enum description Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 03/13] netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: remove net variable shadowing Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 05/13] netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: remove unreliable debug code in decode_octstr Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 06/13] netfilter: add more netlink-based policy range checks Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 07/13] netfilter: nf_tables: add netlink policy based cap on registers Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 08/13] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: increment data in one step Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 09/13] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: remove redundant loop in lookup_slow Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 10/13] netfilter: nft_meta: add double-tagged vlan and pppoe support Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 11/13] netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Correct indentation when H323_TRACE defined Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 12/13] netfilter: nf_tables_offload: add nft_flow_action_entry_next() and use it Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:15 ` [PATCH net-next 13/13] netfilter: ctnetlink: restrict expectfn to helper Florian Westphal
2026-04-07 14:27 ` Florian Westphal
2026-04-08 0:05 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-08 1:00 ` [PATCH net-next 00/13] netfilter: updates for net-next Jakub Kicinski
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