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 <f...@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <lei...@debian.org>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++--------
tools/testing/selftests/net/config | 1 +
2 files changed, 12 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.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
b/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
index 5b9baf708950..784e2965896a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ CONFIG_IP_DCCP=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_RAW=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
--
2.43.5
