From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EEDDC33CAF for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB532072B for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733201AbgAPT7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:59:44 -0500 Received: from correo.us.es ([193.147.175.20]:58342 "EHLO mail.us.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729459AbgAPT7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:59:44 -0500 Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (unknown [192.168.2.11]) by mail.us.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738FD807E8 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6523CDA71F for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:42 +0100 (CET) Received: by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix, from userid 99) id 5A705DA716; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from antivirus1-rhel7.int (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3A9DA709; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from 192.168.1.97 (192.168.1.97) by antivirus1-rhel7.int (F-Secure/fsigk_smtp/550/antivirus1-rhel7.int); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:40 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Status: clean(F-Secure/fsigk_smtp/550/antivirus1-rhel7.int) Received: from us.es (unknown [90.77.255.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: 1984lsi) by entrada.int (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F58F42EF9E0; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:40 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:59:39 +0100 X-SMTPAUTHUS: auth mail.us.es From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Martin Willi Cc: Florian Westphal , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Ahern Subject: Re: [PATCH netfilter/iptables] Add new slavedev match extension Message-ID: <20200116195939.5ordyhfwfspspafa@salvia> References: <20191217135616.25751-1-martin@strongswan.org> <83ada82dbc93439d794c2407e3c91dd1b69bcbaa.camel@strongswan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83ada82dbc93439d794c2407e3c91dd1b69bcbaa.camel@strongswan.org> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Hi Marti, On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 05:34:12PM +0100, Martin Willi wrote: > Pablo, > > > This patchset introduces a new Netfilter match extension to match > > input interfaces that are associated to a layer 3 master device. The > > first patch adds the new match to the kernel, the other provides an > > extension to userspace iptables to make use of the new match. > > These patches have been marked as superseded in patchworks, likely due > to Florian's nftables version that has been merged. > > While I very much appreciate the addition of VRF interface matching to > nftables, some users still depend on plain iptables for filtering. So I > guess there is some value in these patches for those users to extend > their filtering with VRF support. A single xt_slavedev module only for this is too much overhead, if you find an existing extension (via revision infrastructure) where you can make this fit in, I would consider this. Thanks.