git: 1c5021f5251b - main - ifconfig: print warning and return success on ipfw0, ipfwlog0 cloning
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:45:34 UTC
The branch main has been updated by glebius:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1c5021f5251b231b614ad9cd175bcb4250495c12
commit 1c5021f5251b231b614ad9cd175bcb4250495c12
Author: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-12-15 20:51:47 +0000
Commit: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-12-15 21:17:23 +0000
ifconfig: print warning and return success on ipfw0, ipfwlog0 cloning
This should provide people a chance to remove ipfw0 and ipfwlog0 from
cloned_interfaces in their rc.conf during FreeBSD 16.x lifetime.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53876
---
sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c
index f44d052c97ad..8941d17ad205 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ ifclonecreate(if_ctx *ctx, void *arg __unused)
{
struct ifreq ifr = {};
struct clone_defcb *dcp;
+ u_int u;
+
+ /* Warning to be removed in FreeBSD 17.0 */
+ if (sscanf(ctx->ifname, "ipfw%u", &u) == 1 ||
+ sscanf(ctx->ifname, "ipfwlog%u", &u) == 1) {
+ warnx("ipfw(4) logging does not need interface creation "
+ "in FreeBSD 16.0");
+ return;
+ }
strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ctx->ifname, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));