If a particular option was not specified, it should not be subject to .also checks in xtables_option_fcheck2 either. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- xtoptions.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/xtoptions.c b/xtoptions.c index 8d54dd8..9e19250 100644 --- a/xtoptions.c +++ b/xtoptions.c @@ -949,6 +949,9 @@ void xtables_options_fcheck(const char *name, unsigned int xflags, xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "%s: option \"--%s\" must be specified\n", name, entry->name); + if (!(xflags & (1 << entry->id))) + /* Not required, not specified, thus skip. */ + continue; for (i = 0; i < CHAR_BIT * sizeof(entry->id); ++i) { if (entry->id == i) -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html