From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, dsahern@kernel.org, horms@kernel.org,
idosch@nvidia.com, Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/13 RFC net-next] net: ipv4: make CONFIG_IPV4 boolean
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:39:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260712013941.4570-14-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260712013941.4570-1-fmancera@suse.de>
Change CONFIG_IPV4 from hidden 'def_bool y' into an exposed boolean.
This allows users to explicitly disable IPv4 via Kconfig to build
IPv6-only or pure L2 kernel network stack. The default is kept at 'y' to
prevent breaking existing configurations.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
net/ipv4/Kconfig | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index 51bf05d9770c..fa30cc407223 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
# IP configuration
#
config IPV4
- def_bool y
+ bool "The IPv4 protocol"
+ default y
+ help
+ Support for IP version 4 (IPv4).
+
+ Disabling this option compiles the kernel networking stack without
+ IPv4 support, resulting in a IPv6-only or pure L2 system.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config IP_MULTICAST
bool "IP: multicasting"
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-12 1:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20260712013941.4570-1-fmancera@suse.de>
2026-07-12 1:38 ` [PATCH 01/13 RFC net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 11:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 02/13 RFC net-next] net: core: add IPv4 fallback stubs and guards for CONFIG_IPV4=n Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 03/13 RFC net-next] net: inet: relocate ip_generic_getfrag and guard IPv4 socket logic Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 04/13 RFC net-next] net: tcp: move protocol agnostic TCP functions out of tcp_ipv4.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 05/13 RFC net-next] net: raw: split IPv4 specific logic into raw_ipv4.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 06/13 RFC net-next] net: udp: split IPv4 specific logic into udp_ipv4.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 07/13 RFC net-next] net: icmp: split IPv4 specific logic into icmp_ipv4.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 08/13 RFC net-next] net: ping: split IPv4 specific logic into ping_ipv4.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 09/13 RFC net-next] net: fib: split common nexthop logic to fib_core.c Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 10/13 RFC net-next] net: tunnel: guard IPv4 tunnel functions with CONFIG_IPV4 Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 11/13 RFC net-next] net: cipso: guard IPv4 packet manipulation functions Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 16:22 ` Paul Moore
2026-07-12 1:39 ` [PATCH 12/13 RFC net-next] netfilter: ipv4: guard ip_route_me_harder() with CONFIG_IPV4 Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-07-12 1:39 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
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