netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/sched: Retire ipt action

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:52:18 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>, Jamal Hadi Salim
 <jhs@...atatu.com>, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 jiri@...nulli.us, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, fw@...len.de,
 victor@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/sched: Retire ipt action

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:02:40 -0700
David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:

> On 12/21/23 6:19 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, it breaks iproute2 build if tc_ipt.h is removed.  
> 
> iproute2 header sync would need to remove it. It only breaks apps that
> do not import uapi files from the kernel.

The problem is that when tc_ipt.h is removed, there are defines still used.
Will need to coordinate removal of ipt support in iproute2 at same time.