linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] netfilter: nf_tables: remove the genmask parameter

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Message-ID: <20241125202634242hoMPn5q_ViCvJA9BygRYX@zte.com.cn>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:26:34 +0800 (CST)
From: <jiang.kun2@....com.cn>
To: <pablo@...filter.org>, <kadlec@...filter.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <horms@...nel.org>, <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <coreteam@...filter.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: <tu.qiang35@....com.cn>, <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] netfilter: nf_tables: remove the genmask parameter

From: tuqiang <tu.qiang35@....com.cn>

The genmask parameter is not used within the nf_tables_addchain function
 body. It should be removed to simplify the function parameter list.

Signed-off-by: tuqiang <tu.qiang35@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Jiang Kun <jiang.kun2@....com.cn>
Cc: xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 588a2757986c..e9925473c34a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2496,9 +2496,8 @@ int nft_chain_add(struct nft_table *table, struct nft_chain *chain)

 static u64 chain_id;

-static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
-			      u8 policy, u32 flags,
-			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 policy,
+			      u32 flags, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct nlattr * const *nla = ctx->nla;
 	struct nft_table *table = ctx->table;
@@ -2936,7 +2935,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 					  extack);
 	}

-	return nf_tables_addchain(&ctx, family, genmask, policy, flags, extack);
+	return nf_tables_addchain(&ctx, family, policy, flags, extack);
 }

 static int nft_delchain_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
-- 
2.18.4