netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] netfilter: remove deprecated config option NF_CT

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:53:17 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, ole@....pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] netfilter: remove deprecated config option
 NF_CT_ACCT

Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 02:10:31PM CEST, kaber@...sh.net wrote:
>   
>> Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>     
>>> This patch removes deprecated config option NF_CT_ACCT. The default value is set
>>> to 0 and warning message is put into connbytes_mt_init (connbytes selected
>>> NF_CT_ACCT to enable it by default).
>>>       
>> Thanks, I already have a patch queued in nf-next for this.
>>
>>     
>
> Oh, I see that: d70a011dbbaa6335a19deb63ec3eb613f48faafd
>   

a8756201ba4189bca3ee1a6ec4e290f467ee09ab also belongs to the removal.

>
> Apart your patch doesn't remove option from defconfigs (not sure if that's
> necessary or not), your patch also do not print warning in connbytes_mt_init.
> That would make connbytes silently non-functional. Therefore I think my patch is
> better (more complete).

The patch I have queued is automatically enabling accounting when
the connbytes match is used and is printing a warning.
--
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