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

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:32:48 +0100

Remy D. Farley <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Remy D. Farley <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  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.