From: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>,
Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Subject: NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:05:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1397131511.25950.97.camel@chaos.site> (raw)
Hi all,
I have a concern / question / suggestion regarding
NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK.
Currently, NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK merely selects
NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT, and does nothing else. This means that selecting
or not selecting NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK makes no difference, as
long as NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT itself is set.
I seem to understand that NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK was reintroduced
in kernel 3.8 to help migration to NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT. I understand
the logic, but this was 7 kernel versions / over 2 years ago. Wouldn't
it be the right time to finally remove NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK?
Alternatively, I find it curious that the compatibility code is
unconditionally built into xt_CT even when NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK
is not selected. Is it an overlook, or is it by design? I think it would
make sense to only build that compatibility code when
NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK is selected. In that case it would make
sense to keep NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK.
Thanks,
--
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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2014-04-10 12:05 Jean Delvare [this message]
2014-04-10 13:01 ` NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK Pablo Neira Ayuso
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