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    netfilter: nf_tables: add compatibility layer for x_tables · 0ca743a5
    Pablo Neira Ayuso authored
    This patch adds the x_tables compatibility layer. This allows you
    to use existing x_tables matches and targets from nf_tables.
    
    This compatibility later allows us to use existing matches/targets
    for features that are still missing in nf_tables. We can progressively
    replace them with native nf_tables extensions. It also provides the
    userspace compatibility software that allows you to express the
    rule-set using the iptables syntax but using the nf_tables kernel
    components.
    
    In order to get this compatibility layer working, I've done the
    following things:
    
    * add NFNL_SUBSYS_NFT_COMPAT: this new nfnetlink subsystem is used
    to query the x_tables match/target revision, so we don't need to
    use the native x_table getsockopt interface.
    
    * emulate xt structures: this required extending the struct nft_pktinfo
    to include the fragment offset, which is already obtained from
    ip[6]_tables and that is used by some matches/targets.
    
    * add support for default policy to base chains, required to emulate
      x_tables.
    
    * add NFTA_CHAIN_USE attribute to obtain the number of references to
      chains, required by x_tables emulation.
    
    * add chain packet/byte counters using per-cpu.
    
    * support 32-64 bits compat.
    
    For historical reasons, this patch includes the following patches
    that were posted in the netfilter-devel mailing list.
    
    From Pablo Neira Ayuso:
    * nf_tables: add default policy to base chains
    * netfilter: nf_tables: add NFTA_CHAIN_USE attribute
    * nf_tables: nft_compat: private data of target and matches in contiguous area
    * nf_tables: validate hooks for compat match/target
    * nf_tables: nft_compat: release cached matches/targets
    * nf_tables: x_tables support as a compile time option
    * nf_tables: fix alias for xtables over nftables module
    * nf_tables: add packet and byte counters per chain
    * nf_tables: fix per-chain counter stats if no counters are passed
    * nf_tables: don't bump chain stats
    * nf_tables: add protocol and flags for xtables over nf_tables
    * nf_tables: add ip[6]t_entry emulation
    * nf_tables: move specific layer 3 compat code to nf_tables_ipv[4|6]
    * nf_tables: support 32bits-64bits x_tables compat
    * nf_tables: fix compilation if CONFIG_COMPAT is disabled
    
    From Patrick McHardy:
    * nf_tables: move policy to struct nft_base_chain
    * nf_tables: send notifications for base chain policy changes
    
    From Alexander Primak:
    * nf_tables: remove the duplicate NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT
    
    From Nicolas Dichtel:
    * nf_tables: fix compilation when nf-netlink is a module
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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