On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 06:25:04PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote: > Netfilter has multiple log modules: > nf_log_arp > nf_log_bridge > nf_log_ipv4 > nf_log_ipv6 > nf_log_netdev > nfnetlink_log > nf_log_common > > With the exception of nfnetlink_log (packet is sent to userspace for > dissection/logging) all of them log to the kernel ringbuffer. > > This series merges all modules except nfnetlink_log into a single > module, nf_log_syslog. > > After the series, only two log modules remain: > nfnetlink_log and nf_log_syslog. The latter provides the same > functionality as the old per-af log modules. > > Last patch allows to move log backend module load > to nft_log to avoid a deadlock that can occur when request_module() > is called with the nft transaction mutex held. Series applied to nf-next, thanks.
