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Message-ID: <46F935CC.20400@trash.net> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:22:36 +0200 From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove broken netfilter binary sysctls from bridging code Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:07:24 +0200 > Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote: > > >> I meant removing brnf_sysctl_call_tables function, not the sysctls >> themselves, all it does is change values != 0 to 1. Or did you >> actually mean that something in userspace might depend on reading >> back the value 1 after writing a value != 0? >> > > I was going farther, because don't really see the value of having > a sysctl for this. It seems better to just not load filters if > they aren't going to be used. Having another enable/disable hook > just adds needless complexity. > These sysctls control whether bridged packets will be handled by iptables and friends. The bridge netfilter code always handles bridged packets, and iptables might be loaded for different reasons. So I don't see how that would work. I think it should be specified in the ebtables ruleset, but the current netfilter infrastructure doesn't allow to do that cleanly. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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