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 compatibility for old user space tools (e.g. in outdated containers).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.
next prev parent 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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