linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] xsk: Remove unused inline function xsk_buff

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Message-ID: <ZIsiyKfr/WdzKlji@corigine.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:40:08 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, bjorn@...nel.org,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com, jonathan.lemon@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        hawk@...nel.org, john.fastabend@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        maxtram95@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] xsk: Remove unused inline function
 xsk_buff_discard()

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 03:51:49PM +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 03:49:23PM +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 08:46:12PM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> > > commit f2f167583601 ("xsk: Remove unused xsk_buff_discard")
> > > left behind this, remove it.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> > 
> > Yeah this is a stub for !CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS...
> 
> Wait, I am not sure if this should go to bpf tree and have fixes tag
> pointing to the cited commit?
> 
> Functionally this commit does not fix anything but it feels that
> f2f167583601 was incomplete.

FWIIW, I think that bpf-next is appropriate for this patch
as it doesn't address a bug.