From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:09:18 +0000 (+0100) Subject: netfilter: add help information to new nf_tables Kconfig options X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d497c6352736;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git netfilter: add help information to new nf_tables Kconfig options Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig index 9d3d69a3204a..81c6910cfa92 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -39,19 +39,33 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT config NF_TABLES_IPV4 depends on NF_TABLES tristate "IPv4 nf_tables support" + help + This option enables the IPv4 support for nf_tables. config NFT_CHAIN_ROUTE_IPV4 depends on NF_TABLES_IPV4 tristate "IPv4 nf_tables route chain support" + help + This option enables the "route" chain for IPv4 in nf_tables. This + chain type is used to force packet re-routing after mangling header + fields such as the source, destination, type of service and + the packet mark. config NFT_CHAIN_NAT_IPV4 depends on NF_TABLES_IPV4 depends on NF_NAT_IPV4 && NFT_NAT tristate "IPv4 nf_tables nat chain support" + help + This option enables the "nat" chain for IPv4 in nf_tables. This + chain type is used to perform Network Address Translation (NAT) + packet transformations such as the source, destination address and + source and destination ports. config NF_TABLES_ARP depends on NF_TABLES tristate "ARP nf_tables support" + help + This option enables the ARP support for nf_tables. config IP_NF_IPTABLES tristate "IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)" diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig index 7702f9e90a04..35750df744dc 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -28,15 +28,27 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_IPV6 config NF_TABLES_IPV6 depends on NF_TABLES tristate "IPv6 nf_tables support" + help + This option enables the IPv6 support for nf_tables. config NFT_CHAIN_ROUTE_IPV6 depends on NF_TABLES_IPV6 tristate "IPv6 nf_tables route chain support" + help + This option enables the "route" chain for IPv6 in nf_tables. This + chain type is used to force packet re-routing after mangling header + fields such as the source, destination, flowlabel, hop-limit and + the packet mark. config NFT_CHAIN_NAT_IPV6 depends on NF_TABLES_IPV6 depends on NF_NAT_IPV6 && NFT_NAT tristate "IPv6 nf_tables nat chain support" + help + This option enables the "nat" chain for IPv6 in nf_tables. This + chain type is used to perform Network Address Translation (NAT) + packet transformations such as the source, destination address and + source and destination ports. config IP6_NF_IPTABLES tristate "IP6 tables support (required for filtering)" diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig index a1dec61a727e..06095144ec8d 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -416,45 +416,83 @@ endif # NF_CONNTRACK config NF_TABLES select NETFILTER_NETLINK tristate "Netfilter nf_tables support" + help + nftables is the new packet classification framework that intends to + replace the existing {ip,ip6,arp,eb}_tables infrastructure. It + provides a pseudo-state machine with an extensible instruction-set + (also known as expressions) that the userspace 'nft' utility + (http://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables) uses to build the + rule-set. It also comes with the generic set infrastructure that + allows you to construct mappings between matchings and actions + for performance lookups. + + To compile it as a module, choose M here. config NFT_EXTHDR depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables IPv6 exthdr module" + help + This option adds the "exthdr" expression that you can use to match + IPv6 extension headers. config NFT_META depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables meta module" + help + This option adds the "meta" expression that you can use to match and + to set packet metainformation such as the packet mark. config NFT_CT depends on NF_TABLES depends on NF_CONNTRACK tristate "Netfilter nf_tables conntrack module" + help + This option adds the "meta" expression that you can use to match + connection tracking information such as the flow state. config NFT_RBTREE depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables rbtree set module" + help + This option adds the "rbtree" set type (Red Black tree) that is used + to build interval-based sets. config NFT_HASH depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables hash set module" + help + This option adds the "hash" set type that is used to build one-way + mappings between matchings and actions. config NFT_COUNTER depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables counter module" + help + This option adds the "counter" expression that you can use to + include packet and byte counters in a rule. config NFT_LOG depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables log module" + help + This option adds the "log" expression that you can use to log + packets matching some criteria. config NFT_LIMIT depends on NF_TABLES tristate "Netfilter nf_tables limit module" + help + This option adds the "limit" expression that you can use to + ratelimit rule matchings. config NFT_NAT depends on NF_TABLES depends on NF_CONNTRACK depends on NF_NAT tristate "Netfilter nf_tables nat module" + help + This option adds the "nat" expression that you can use to perform + typical Network Address Translation (NAT) packet transformations. config NFT_QUEUE depends on NF_TABLES @@ -470,6 +508,10 @@ config NFT_REJECT depends on NF_TABLES_IPV6 || !NF_TABLES_IPV6 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n tristate "Netfilter nf_tables reject support" + help + This option adds the "reject" expression that you can use to + explicitly deny and notify via TCP reset/ICMP informational errors + unallowed traffic. config NFT_COMPAT depends on NF_TABLES