netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add getcompat operation

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Message-ID: <aXiiYOxuXVn5YhXG@strlen.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:32:48 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: "Remy D. Farley" <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com>
Cc: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>, Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add getcompat operation

Remy D. Farley <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Remy D. Farley <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/netlink/specs/nftables.yaml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nftables.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nftables.yaml
> index 4b1f5b107..ce11312b9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nftables.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nftables.yaml
> @@ -1509,6 +1509,31 @@ sub-messages:
>  operations:
>    enum-model: directional
>    list:
> +    -
> +      # Defined as nfnl_compat_subsys in net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
> +      name: getcompat
> +      attribute-set: compat-attrs
> +      fixed-header: nfgenmsg
> +      doc: Get / dump nft_compat info

Whats the intent here?  nft_compat isn't used by nftables, this
is iptables-nft compatibility glue.