On Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 at 11:32, Florian Westphal [off-list ref] wrote:

Remy D. Farley one-d-wide@protonmail.com wrote:

quoted

Signed-off-by: Remy D. Farley one-d-wide@protonmail.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.

I noticed getcompat operation used by `nft list ruleset` command, and it
doesn't seem to be defined anywhere else. Should I re/move it?