Re: [iptables PATCH 0/2] Improve error messages for unsupported extensions

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

*bump*

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 06:12:09PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Failure to load an extension leads to iptables cmdline parser
> complaining about any extension options instead of the extension itself.
> This is at least misleading.
> 
> This series eliminates the odd error message and instead adds a warning
> if a requested extension is not available at all in kernel.
> 
> Things are a bit complicated due to the fact that newer kernels not
> necessarily support revision 0 of all extensions. So change iptables
> first to only register revision 0 if no higher one was accepted earlier.
> This allows for a "not even revision 0 is supported" logic.
> 
> Phil Sutter (2):
>   libxtables: Register only the highest revision extension
>   Improve error messages for unsupported extensions
> 
>  iptables/nft.c       | 12 +++++++++---
>  libxtables/xtables.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
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