On Thu, 2019-08-29 at 22:58 +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> In any case your patch looks ok to me.

Great! Please give your feedback on v3: 
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1154040/

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> 
> Even if we disable call-ip6tables in br_netfilter we will at least
> in addition need a patch for nft_fib_netdev.c.
> 
> From a "avoid calls to ipv6 stack when its disabled" standpoint,
> the safest fix is to disable call-ip6tables functionality if ipv6
> module is off *and* fix nft_fib_netdev.c to BREAK in ipv6 is off case.
> 
> I started to place a list of suspicous modules here, but that got out
> of hand quickly.
> 
> So, given I don't want to plaster ipv6_mod_enabled() everywhere, I
> would suggest this course of action:
> 
> 1. add a patch to BREAK in nft_fib_netdev.c for !ipv6_mod_enabled()
> 2. change net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c, br_nf_pre_routing() to
>    make sure ipv6_mod_enabled() is true before doing the ipv6 stack
>    "emulation".
> 
> Makes sense?
IMHO sure.

Shortly, I will send a couple patches proposing the above changes.
(Or my best understanding about them :) ) 

> 
> Thanks,
> Florian

Thank you,
Leonardo Bras

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