From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, phil@nwl.cc
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] netfilter: merge nf_log_proto modules
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:50:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210330225055.GA14374@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210325172512.17729-1-fw@strlen.de>
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 06:25:04PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Netfilter has multiple log modules:
> nf_log_arp
> nf_log_bridge
> nf_log_ipv4
> nf_log_ipv6
> nf_log_netdev
> nfnetlink_log
> nf_log_common
>
> With the exception of nfnetlink_log (packet is sent to userspace for
> dissection/logging) all of them log to the kernel ringbuffer.
>
> This series merges all modules except nfnetlink_log into a single
> module, nf_log_syslog.
>
> After the series, only two log modules remain:
> nfnetlink_log and nf_log_syslog. The latter provides the same
> functionality as the old per-af log modules.
>
> Last patch allows to move log backend module load
> to nft_log to avoid a deadlock that can occur when request_module()
> is called with the nft transaction mutex held.
Series applied to nf-next, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-30 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-25 17:25 [PATCH 0/8] netfilter: merge nf_log_proto modules Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 1/8] netfilter: nf_log_ipv4: rename to nf_log_syslog Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 2/8] netfilter: nf_log_arp: merge with nf_log_syslog Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 3/8] netfilter: nf_log_ipv6: " Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 4/8] netfilter: nf_log_netdev: " Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 5/8] netfilter: nf_log_bridge: " Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 6/8] netfilter: nf_log_common: " Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 7/8] netfilter: nf_log: add module softdeps Florian Westphal
2021-03-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 8/8] netfilter: nft_log: perform module load from nf_tables Florian Westphal
2021-03-26 14:35 ` [PATCH 0/8] netfilter: merge nf_log_proto modules Phil Sutter
2021-03-30 22:50 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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