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From: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:29:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: iptables-save: Add note about module autoloading
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1691380
Upstream Status: iptables commit 3390007a11cbc
commit 3390007a11cbc45de1522f99ae751a3c5d55dd6f
Author: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Date: Tue Mar 26 19:03:43 2019 +0100
man: iptables-save: Add note about module autoloading
Using '-t' parameter in iptables-save might lead to kernel module
loading, just like with iptables itself. Copy the hint from iptables.8
to inform users.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
---
iptables/iptables-save.8.in | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
index 4091c0a595575..c3f1bd2152c58 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP
-restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all
-available tables.
+restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic
+module loading, an attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for
+that table if it is not already there.
+.br
+If not specified, output includes all available tables.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
.SH AUTHORS
--
2.21.0