Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have been beaten by this usability issue in the past, it happens
> since conntrack is loaded on demand.
>
> Maybe add an inconditionally soft dependency? This is a oneliner patch.
>
> MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: nf_log_syslog");
>
> Florian, do you prefer this patch (on-demand) or a oneliner to load
> this module when conntrack gets loaded too?
>
> It is a bit more memory to make it inconditional, but better to expose
> to users this soft dependency via lsmod.
>
> Thanks.
I don't like this patch or the above because we do have two log
backends, syslog + nflog.
There is no need for 'syslog' to be active for 'log_invalid' to be
useful as long as the system in question has e.g. ulogd running
and listening to nflog messages.
If anything, the modprobe should be done only when no logger
is registered.
