Demand loading of kernel modules not working properly

[Evan Jones]

I am running a 2.4-test8 kernel and have been testing iptables (both the
1.1.1 and CVS versions). I believe I've found a bug. It seems to me that
demand loading of kernel modules is not working reliably. Some commands
load modules, others do not. Please let me know if this is a known issue
that someone is working on. If not, I'll whip up a quick patch myself.

Thank you

Problematic Examples:

Does not work:

peregrine:~# iptables -A INPUT -s netwinder
iptables v1.1.1: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who?
(do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

Does work:

peregrine:~# insmod ip_tables
Using /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o
peregrine:~# iptables -A INPUT -s netwinder

It seems to me that the first example should automatically load ip_tables.

Does not work:

peregrine:~# iptables -P FORWARD REJECT    
iptables: Bad policy name

Does work:

peregrine:~# iptables -A FORWARD -s netwinder -j REJECT

Same thing here, the first command should also try to autoload the
ipt_REJECT module before failing.


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Evan Jones - ejones@netwinder.org
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