Re: [PATCH nf-next v4 1/2] netfilter: Make IP6_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY selectable

Breno Leitao [off-list ref] wrote:

This option makes IP6_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY user selectable, giving
users the option to configure iptables without enabling any other
config.

I don't get it.

IP(6)_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY without iptable_filter, mangle etc.
is useless, rules get attached to basechains that get registered
by the iptable_{mangle,filter,nat,...} modules, i.e. those that
"select IP(6)_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY".

The old get/setsockopt UAPI is useless without them, iptables -L, -A,
etc. won't work.

What am I missing?

I'm fine with this because this is needed anyway to allow
disabling the get/setsockopt api (needs the 'depends on' changes
though) later, but this change is a mystery to me.