Re: [PATCH v3 00/11] Rework forwarding option parsing

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:05:09 +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.
> 
> v3:
>  * Removed already merged patches
>  * Further revisions based on Stefano's review, including
>    * Improved example text in manpage and usage
>  * More flexible rule dumping
>  * Re-integrated conflict checking in fwd_rule_add()

Applied up to 6/11, with the nit in 3/11 reported by Laurent ("double
space between ) and {") fixed.

The rest looks good to me, minus pending comments (all from Laurent).

-- 
Stefano