linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] Configure out ethtool support

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:42:47 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	michael@...e-electrons.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] Configure out ethtool support

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 11:27 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> 
> +#else
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_link(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_tx_csum(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_tx_csum(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_tx_hw_csum(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_tx_ipv6_csum(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_sg(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_sg(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_tso(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_tso(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_ufo(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_ufo(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +static inline u32 ethtool_op_get_flags(struct net_device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline int ethtool_op_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data) { return 0; }
> +#endif

It's alleged that these functions are called from 'core' network code in
some places, although I can't actually see any evidence of that anywhere
in Linus' tree except for vlans and bridging.

If that's actually the case, perhaps it makes sense to add a
WARN_ON_ONCE() to these empty functions, so that a developer who
disables CONFIG_ETHTOOL when they shouldn't will see a nasty warning
about it rather than a silent failure?

Btw, I see you've made bridging 'select ETHTOOL'; did you do the same
for vlan support?

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation



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