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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2006-03-22 13:56:08 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-03-22 13:56:08 -0800
commitb9f78f9fca626875af8adc0f7366a38b8e625a0e (patch)
tree1087c6f6a6cc39e4e55c2a02f93d93da67a68ed3 /net/ipv4
parenta45049c51ce6a3fecf2a909b591b28164c927112 (diff)
[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: support for layer 3 protocol load on demand
x_tables matches and targets that require nf_conntrack_ipv[4|6] to work don't have enough information to load on demand these modules. This patch introduces the following changes to solve this issue: o nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get: try to load the layer 3 connection tracker module and increases the refcount. o nf_ct_l3proto_module put: drop the refcount of the module. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index cb9c661f3f3..c8abc9d859b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static int init_or_cleanup(int init)
return ret;
}
+MODULE_ALIAS("nf_conntrack-" __stringify(AF_INET));
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
static int __init init(void)