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Message-ID: <20240822175537.3626036-1-leitao@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:55:35 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: fw@...len.de,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: leit@...a.com,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETFILTER),
	coreteam@...filter.org (open list:NETFILTER),
	netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING [IPv4/IPv6]),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH nf-next 1/2] netfilter: Make IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY selectable

This option makes IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY user selectable, giving
users the option to configure iptables without enabling any other
config.

Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
index 1b991b889506..a06c1903183f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ config NF_DEFRAG_IPV4
 
 # old sockopt interface and eval loop
 config IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
-	tristate
+	tristate "Legacy IP tables support"
+	default	n
+	select NETFILTER_XTABLES
+	help
+	  iptables is a general, extensible packet identification legacy framework.
+	  This is not needed if you are using iptables over nftables (iptables-nft).
 
 config NF_SOCKET_IPV4
 	tristate "IPv4 socket lookup support"
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ config IP_NF_MATCH_TTL
 config IP_NF_FILTER
 	tristate "Packet filtering"
 	default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
-	select IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
+	depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
 	help
 	  Packet filtering defines a table `filter', which has a series of
 	  rules for simple packet filtering at local input, forwarding and
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ config IP_NF_NAT
 	default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
 	select NF_NAT
 	select NETFILTER_XT_NAT
-	select IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
+	depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
 	help
 	  This enables the `nat' table in iptables. This allows masquerading,
 	  port forwarding and other forms of full Network Address Port
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ endif # IP_NF_NAT
 config IP_NF_MANGLE
 	tristate "Packet mangling"
 	default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
-	select IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
+	depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
 	help
 	  This option adds a `mangle' table to iptables: see the man page for
 	  iptables(8).  This table is used for various packet alterations
@@ -293,7 +298,7 @@ config IP_NF_TARGET_TTL
 # raw + specific targets
 config IP_NF_RAW
 	tristate  'raw table support (required for NOTRACK/TRACE)'
-	select IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
+	depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
 	help
 	  This option adds a `raw' table to iptables. This table is the very
 	  first in the netfilter framework and hooks in at the PREROUTING
@@ -305,9 +310,7 @@ config IP_NF_RAW
 # security table for MAC policy
 config IP_NF_SECURITY
 	tristate "Security table"
-	depends on SECURITY
-	depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
-	select IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
+	depends on SECURITY && NETFILTER_ADVANCED && IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
 	help
 	  This option adds a `security' table to iptables, for use
 	  with Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy.
-- 
2.43.5


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