netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipvlan: decouple l3s mode dependencies from other modes

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Message-Id: <20190208.111738.1034096158594071698.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:17:38 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, maheshb@...gle.com, fw@...len.de,
        m@...bda.lt
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipvlan: decouple l3s mode dependencies from
 other modes

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Fri,  8 Feb 2019 13:55:31 +0100

> Right now ipvlan has a hard dependency on CONFIG_NETFILTER and
> otherwise it cannot be built. However, the only ipvlan operation
> mode that actually depends on netfilter is l3s, everything else
> is independent of it. Break this hard dependency such that users
> are able to use ipvlan l3 mode on systems where netfilter is not
> compiled in.
> 
> Therefore, this adds a hidden CONFIG_IPVLAN_L3S bool which is
> defaulting to y when CONFIG_NETFILTER is set in order to retain
> existing behavior for l3s. All l3s related code is refactored
> into ipvlan_l3s.c that is compiled in when enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

Applied, thanks Daniel.