It was not "due for 5.0" or any subsequent release. It was requested by certain developers and I requested that they demonstrate that adding it to the GENERIC system would not noticeably impact non-PFIL_HOOKS users.
I intend to convert certain network subsystems to use PFIL_HOOKS instead of their (current) adhoc techniques. This will mean that PFIL_HOOKS will be a necessary part of the system and so will be in the GENERIC kernel.
PFIL_HOOKS has been necessary in order to use the ipfilter kernel module, since 5.0-R and before, IIRC. The fact that a kernel customization and recompile was needed because of the missing PFIL_HOOKS in GENERIC for two releases in a row is a bug, and it ought to be fixed.
(On a related note, the ipfilter kernel module itself is still built without IPV6 support - is there a particular reason for this?)
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