Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: avoid ipv6 -> nf_defrag_ipv6 module dependency

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On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 01:52:15PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> nf_ct_frag6_gather is part of nf_defrag_ipv6.ko, not ipv6 core.
> 
> The current use of the netfilter ipv6 stub indirections  causes a module
> dependency between ipv6 and nf_defrag_ipv6.
> 
> This prevents nf_defrag_ipv6 module from being removed because ipv6 can't
> be unloaded.
> 
> Remove the indirection and always use a direct call.  This creates a
> depency from nf_conntrack_bridge to nf_defrag_ipv6 instead:
> 
> modinfo nf_conntrack
> depends:        nf_conntrack,nf_defrag_ipv6,bridge
> 
> .. and nf_conntrack already depends on nf_defrag_ipv6 anyway.

Applied to nf.git, thanks.



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