Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmanc...@riseup.net> wrote:
> >If we would make it accessible via nf_ipv6_ops struct, then the
> >dependency goes away and we could place ipv4 and ipv6 parts in a
> >single module.
> >
> >Just saying, it would avoid adding extra modules.
> 
> This would be awesome but I am not sure if it is possible right now. I am 
> going to try it and send a new patch series. Thank you  about this!

You would need to make something similar as
commit 960587285a56ec3cafb4d1e6b25c19eced4d0bce first.

Let me know if you need help.

> >We could then have
> >
> >nf_synproxy.ko  # shared code
> >nft_synproxy.ko # nftables frontend
> >xt_SYNPROXY.ko       # ip(6)tables frontends
> 
> In this case, ip6t_synproxy wouldn't need to select IPV6 Cookie module right? 
> Thanks!

No, it would not need to do this.

Basically all the .c code would have

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
ipv6-code here
#endif

where needed, so in case the kernel is built with CONFIG_IPV6=m|y, the
functionality is available.

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