Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next
Pablo Neira Ayuso says: ==================== Netfilter updates for net-next The following patchset contains Netfilter updates for net-next, they are: 1) A couple of cleanups for the netfilter core hook from Eric Biederman. 2) Net namespace hook registration, also from Eric. This adds a dependency with the rtnl_lock. This should be fine by now but we have to keep an eye on this because if we ever get the per-subsys nfnl_lock before rtnl we have may problems in the future. But we have room to remove this in the future by propagating the complexity to the clients, by registering hooks for the init netns functions. 3) Update nf_tables to use the new net namespace hook infrastructure, also from Eric. 4) Three patches to refine and to address problems from the new net namespace hook infrastructure. 5) Switch to alternate jumpstack in xtables iff the packet is reentering. This only applies to a very special case, the...
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