Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] net: Warn when processes listen on AF_INET sockets

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:20:10 -0700

On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 08:06:57 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:28:23 +0100
> David Woodhouse <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > > Some kernels are built without CONFIG_IPV6, so this warning would be
> > > quite misleading.    
> > 
> > Maybe on this date next year, we could make it not possible to build
> > the kernel *without* IPv6... ?  
> 
> There are some government agencies that used to require that IPV6 was disabled
> for security reasons. Yes they had broken old firewalls

Which is why we sadly have to keep the ipv6_mod_enabled()
sillilitude around. But that's a runtime thing.