Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xtables: Add helper macro for xt_match boilerplate

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Thu Jul 30 2015 - 08:18:51 EST


On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 05:27:37PM +0530, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:
> For simple modules that contain a single xt_match without any
> additional setup code then ends up being a block of duplicated
> boilerplate. This patch adds a new macro, module_xt_match(),
> which replaces the module_init()/module_exit() registrations with
> template functions.

I prefer not to use this macro, we may need to add something to the
module_init()/module_exit() path in the future to these netfilter
extensions and then we'll have to revert the follow up conversions
patches that you will likely send.

Thanks anyway.
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