Re: [PATCH v2 00/23] Rework forwarding option parsing

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:02:46 +1000
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:

> This series makes a number of significant reworks to how we process
> forwarding options (-t, -u, -T and -U) in passt & pasta.  This is
> largely motivated by moving towards being able to share this code with
> a configuration update tool.  However, along the way it also enables
> some forwarding configurations that were technically possible with the
> forwarding table but couldn't be specified on the command line, in
> particular bug 180.
> 
> There is still a bunch of work needed to make the parsing code truly
> shareable with pesto, but this is a solid start.
> 
> v2:
>  * Assorted minor changes based on Stefano's review, including
>    * Explicitly state "guest or namespace" in the manpage
>    * Clearer description of @rulesocks field
>  * Worked around a gcc < 15 bug causing a false positive warning
>  * Update man page and usage() for new capabilities
>  * Additional patches moving rule parsing out of conf.c

I applied up to 14/23 as I had comments on patches after that one.

I also have pending comments on 10/23 and 11/23 but I'm fairly sure they
would need to be addressed in subsequent patches anyway (if at all).

-- 
Stefano