From the patch [1]:
> This reverts commit e0abdadcc6e1. [...] Its not clear to me why this commit was made.
Anyone dug up the history here?
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240120215012.129529-1-fw@strle...
> This reverts commit e0abdadcc6e1. [...] Its not clear to me why this commit was made.
Anyone dug up the history here?
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240120215012.129529-1-fw@strle...
In a strange twist of fate, the original author was Patrick McHardy who is now a persona non grata. Unless Pablo can remember or dig it from his emails, it probably won't ever be clear exactly what the use case was, at least not through basic investigation.
> netfilter: nf_tables: accept QUEUE/DROP verdict parameters
> Allow userspace to specify the queue number or the errno code for QUEUE and DROP verdicts.