On 9/2/25 2:04 AM, Florian Westphal wrote: > Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 01:46:02PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: >>> Why is this not targeting net? The sooner we adjust the uAPI the better. > > I considered it a new feature rather than a bug fix: > > Userspace can't rely on the existing api because kernels before > 6.16 don't special-case the names provided, and nftables doesn't > make use of the 6.16 "accident" (the attempt to re-use the existing > device name attribute for this). > > The corresponding userspace changes (v4 uses the new attribute) > haven't been merged yet. > > But sure, getting rid of the "accident" faster makes sense, > thanks for suggesting this. > >> I think there were doubts that was possible at this stage. >> But I agree, it is a bit late but better fix it there. > > Alright, I'll send a new nf-next PR with this one dropped in a few hours > and a separate nf.git PR with this patch included. I agree that this latter option is preferable. Thanks, Paolo
