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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [nf-next PATCH v2] netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce NFTA_RULE_ACTUAL_EXPR
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:06:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y7/pzxvu2v4t4PgZ@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y7/drsGvc8MkQiTY@orbyte.nwl.cc>

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:15:10AM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Bump?
> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 03:22:21PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > Allow for user space to provide an improved variant of the rule for
> > actual use. The variant in NFTA_RULE_EXPRESSIONS may provide maximum
> > compatibility for old user space tools (e.g. in outdated containers).
> > 
> > The new attribute is also dumped back to user space, e.g. for comparison
> > against the compatible variant.
> > 
> > While being at it, improve nft_rule_policy for NFTA_RULE_EXPRESSIONS.

Could you split this in two patches?

I still don't see how this is improving the situation for the scenario
you describe, if you could extend a bit on how you plan to use this
I'd appreciate.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-12 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-21 14:22 [nf-next PATCH v2] netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce NFTA_RULE_ACTUAL_EXPR Phil Sutter
2023-01-12 10:15 ` Phil Sutter
2023-01-12 11:06   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2023-01-12 12:02     ` Phil Sutter
2023-01-18 11:58       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-01-18 13:48         ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-02 21:31           ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-03 13:48             ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-03 15:32               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-03 16:21                 ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-04  9:41                   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-04 21:00                     ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-06  9:52                       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-07 10:43                         ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-07 10:56                           ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-16 10:55                             ` Phil Sutter
2023-02-16 11:29                               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-02-16 12:05                                 ` Phil Sutter
2023-04-26 19:58                                   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-04-27 10:57                                     ` Phil Sutter
2023-04-27 11:01                                       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-04-27 11:33                                         ` Phil Sutter
2023-04-27 13:07                                           ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2023-04-27 22:45                                             ` Phil Sutter

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