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Message-ID: <20260120191803.22208-6-fw@strlen.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:17:58 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	pablo@...filter.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 05/10] netfilter: don't include xt and nftables.h in unrelated subsystems

conntrack, xtables and nftables are distinct subsystems, don't use them
in other subystems.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
---
 include/linux/audit.h                      | 1 -
 include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h | 2 +-
 include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h          | 1 -
 net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c | 3 +--
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c     | 1 +
 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c           | 1 +
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c              | 1 +
 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c               | 1 +
 8 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 536f8ee8da81..14df25095e19 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/audit_arch.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
-#include <uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fanotify.h>
 
 #define AUDIT_INO_UNSET ((unsigned long)-1)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
index f7dd950ff250..4d55b7325707 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef _NF_CONNTRACK_TUPLE_H
 #define _NF_CONNTRACK_TUPLE_H
 
-#include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tuple_common.h>
 #include <linux/list_nulls.h>
 
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 0e266c2d0e7f..2597077442e5 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
index 6482de4d8750..3b28b84191be 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.h>
 
-#include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-#include <net/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 
 #include "../br_private.h"
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
index 14f73872f647..17f1f453d481 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>
 
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 3fa3f5dfb264..57f57e2fc80a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_synproxy.h>
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 027bab30c238..e7247363c643 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c b/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
index 4d3e5a31b412..b71ef18b0e8c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_synproxy.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_synproxy.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_synproxy.h>
 
-- 
2.52.0