[NETFILTER]: Kconfig: improve conntrack selection

Improve the connection tracking selection (well, the user experience,
not really the aesthetics) by offering one option to enable connection
tracking and a choice between the implementations.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 44 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
index 06fec80a0089b..71485276b8190 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 # connection tracking, helpers and protocols
-config IP_NF_CONNTRACK
-	tristate "Connection tracking (required for masq/NAT)"
-	---help---
-	  Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed
-	  through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related
-	  into connections.
-
-	  This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
-	  Address Translation (except for Fast NAT).  It can also be used to
-	  enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support'
-	  below).
-
-	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
-
 config IP_NF_CT_ACCT
 	bool "Connection tracking flow accounting"
 	depends on IP_NF_CONNTRACK
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index d191dacead5e3..efe56f768f348 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -25,19 +25,57 @@ config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG
 	  and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG
 	  and ip6t_LOG modules.
 
-config NF_CONNTRACK
-	tristate "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && IP_NF_CONNTRACK=n
-	default n
-	---help---
+config NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED
+	tristate "Netfilter connection tracking support"
+	help
 	  Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed
 	  through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related
 	  into connections.
 
+	  This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
+	  Address Translation (except for Fast NAT).  It can also be used to
+	  enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support'
+	  below).
+
+	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
+
+choice
+	prompt "Netfilter connection tracking support"
+	depends on NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED
+
+config NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT
+	bool "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
 	  Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme
 	  which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols.
 
-	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
+	  This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
+	  Address Translation (except for Fast NAT).  It can also be used to
+	  enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support'
+	  below).
+
+config IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT
+	bool "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking"
+	help
+	  The old, Layer 3 dependent ip_conntrack subsystem of netfilter.
+
+	  This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
+	  Address Translation (except for Fast NAT).  It can also be used to
+	  enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support'
+	  below).
+
+endchoice
+
+config NF_CONNTRACK
+	tristate
+	default m if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m
+	default y if NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y
+
+config IP_NF_CONNTRACK
+	tristate
+	default m if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m
+	default y if IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT && NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=y
 
 config NF_CT_ACCT
 	bool "Connection tracking flow accounting"