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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Eric Leblond <eric@regit.org>
Cc: pablo@netfilter.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: netfilter: REJECT: separate reusable code
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:25:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140205102547.GA20930@macbook.localnet> (raw)

Just noticed commit cc70d069 (netfilter: REJECT: separate reusable code).
That doesn't look like a good idea to me at all.

First of all, it introduces static non-inline functions into a header file,
which is obviously wrong. But more importantly, it adds a symbol dependency
of the reject module on IPv6. We've tried hard to get rid of all these in
x_tables, lets please not re-add them in nftables.

I think we should instead use AF-specific modules for things like that.
We share basically no code except the boiler plate. I'd suggest to add
an AF-specific expression type lookup mechanism that takes precedence
over generic types.

Any other opinions? I wouldn't mind taking care of this myself.

             reply	other threads:[~2014-02-05 10:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-05 10:25 Patrick McHardy [this message]
2014-02-05 10:42 ` netfilter: REJECT: separate reusable code Pablo Neira Ayuso
2014-02-05 10:53   ` Patrick McHardy
2014-02-05 11:17     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2014-02-05 11:49       ` Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2014-02-05 11:50         ` Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2014-02-05 12:04         ` Patrick McHardy
2014-02-05 12:01       ` Patrick McHardy

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