From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: osf: add deprecation notices
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:56:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323085629.43927-1-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
The p0f fingerprints haven't been updated in years, it doesn't look like
this feature is still in a useful/working state.
Add deprecation notices. We can remove them again if people still use this
feature.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c | 3 +++
net/netfilter/nft_osf.c | 3 +++
net/netfilter/xt_osf.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
index d64ce21c7b55..ca943ea71d1a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ static int __init nfnl_osf_init(void)
int err = -EINVAL;
int i;
+ pr_warn_once("The osf nfnetlink helper is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027.\n"
+ "Please contact the netfilter-devel mailing list\n");
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(nf_osf_fingers); ++i)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nf_osf_fingers[i]);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c b/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c
index 18003433476c..38d3260a954c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_osf.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static struct nft_expr_type nft_osf_type __read_mostly = {
static int __init nft_osf_module_init(void)
{
+ pr_warn_once("The osf expression is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027.\n"
+ "Please contact the netfilter-devel mailing list or update your nftables rules\n");
+
return nft_register_expr(&nft_osf_type);
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c b/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
index dc9485854002..0d8ee8542e16 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_osf.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static int __init xt_osf_init(void)
{
int err;
+ pr_warn_once("The osf match is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2027.\n"
+ "Please contact the netfilter-devel mailing list or update your iptables rules\n");
+
err = xt_register_match(&xt_osf_match);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to register OS fingerprint "
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 8:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 8:56 Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-03-23 10:34 ` [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: osf: add deprecation notices Fernando Fernandez Mancera
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