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Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:24:04 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH libnetfilter_queue] libnetfilter_queue: add support of
 skb->priority

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 10:01:48AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> 
> Le 04/02/2022 à 15:20, Pablo Neira Ayuso a écrit :
> > On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> >> Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Le 04/02/2022 à 11:26, Nicolas Dichtel a écrit :
> >>>> Available since linux v5.18.
> >>>>
> >>>> Link: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Should I send another patch for the 'set' part?
> >>> In this case, a nfq_set_verdict3(). The name is a bit ugly ;-)
> >>> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> I think we should just let the old api die and tell users
> >> to use the mnl interface, that allows to add the new attribute
> >> as soon as its available.
> > 
> > We have to provide a simple API based on mnl which ressembles the
> > existing old API.
> > 
> > Feedback in these years is that there are a users that do not need to
> > know about netlink details / advanced handling.
>
> If I understand well, libnetfilter_queue is deprecated?

This library is not deprecated.

> If this is right, maybe it could be advertised on the project page:
> https://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_queue/index.html

Documentation already mentions this:

https://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_queue/doxygen/html/

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