From 98e20e5e13d2811898921f999288be7151a11954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quentin Deslandes Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:07:42 +0100 Subject: bpfilter: remove bpfilter bpfilter was supposed to convert iptables filtering rules into BPF programs on the fly, from the kernel, through a usermode helper. The base code for the UMH was introduced in 2018, and couple of attempts (2, 3) tried to introduce the BPF program generate features but were abandoned. bpfilter now sits in a kernel tree unused and unusable, occasionally causing confusion amongst Linux users (4, 5). As bpfilter is now developed in a dedicated repository on GitHub (6), it was suggested a couple of times this year (LSFMM/BPF 2023, LPC 2023) to remove the deprecated kernel part of the project. This is the purpose of this patch. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180522022230.2492505-1-ast@kernel.org/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210829183608.2297877-1-me@ubique.spb.ru/#t [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221224000402.476079-1-qde@naccy.de/ [4]: https://dxuuu.xyz/bpfilter.html [5]: https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pull/3904 [6]: https://github.com/facebook/bpfilter Signed-off-by: Quentin Deslandes Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231226130745.465988-1-qde@naccy.de Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov --- net/Makefile | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/Makefile') diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile index 4c4dc535453d..b06b5539e7a6 100644 --- a/net/Makefile +++ b/net/Makefile @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TLS) += tls/ obj-$(CONFIG_XFRM) += xfrm/ obj-$(CONFIG_UNIX_SCM) += unix/ obj-y += ipv6/ -obj-$(CONFIG_BPFILTER) += bpfilter/ obj-$(CONFIG_PACKET) += packet/ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_KEY) += key/ obj-$(CONFIG_BRIDGE) += bridge/ -- cgit