On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:16:56 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > This patch adds initial support for offloading basechains using the > priority range from -8192 to 8191. > > The software priority -8192 is mapped to the hardware priority > 0xC000 + 1. tcf_auto_prio() uses 0xC000 if the user specifies no > priority, then it subtracts 1 for each new tcf_proto object. This patch > reserves the hardware priority range from 0xC000 to 0xFFFF for > netfilter. > > The software to hardware priority mapping is not exposed to userspace, > so it should be possible to update this / extend the range of supported > priorities later on. > > Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pa...@netfilter.org>
I don't know the nft code, so perhaps my question on v1 was nonsensical, nonetheless I'd appreciate a response. NFT referring to tcf_auto_prio() is a bit of a red flag.
