linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] netpoll: Export zap_completion

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Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.9ee65133b4b7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:50:25 -0400
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, 
 Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, 
 Clark Williams <clrkwllms@...nel.org>, 
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev, 
 kernel-team@...a.com, 
 efault@....de, 
 calvin@...nvd.org, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] netpoll: Export zap_completion_queue

Breno Leitao wrote:
> Make zap_completion_queue() a globally visible symbol by changing its
> linkage to non-static and adding EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> 
> This is a true netpoll function that will be needed by non-netpoll
> functions that will be moved away from netpoll.
> 
> This will allow moving the skb pool management to netconsole, mainly
> find_skb(), which invokes zap_completion_queue(), and will be moved to
> netconsole.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/netpoll.h | 1 +
>  net/core/netpoll.c      | 5 ++---
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
> index 65bfade025f09..7f8b4d758a1e7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void __netpoll_free(struct netpoll *np);
>  void do_netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
>  netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
>  struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve);
> +void zap_completion_queue(void);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
>  static inline void *netpoll_poll_lock(struct napi_struct *napi)
> diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
> index 9e12a667a5f0a..04a55ec392fd2 100644
> --- a/net/core/netpoll.c
> +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
> @@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
>  	 sizeof(struct udphdr) +					\
>  	 MAX_UDP_CHUNK)
>  
> -static void zap_completion_queue(void);
> -
>  static unsigned int carrier_timeout = 4;
>  module_param(carrier_timeout, uint, 0644);
>  
> @@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ static void refill_skbs(struct netpoll *np)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&skb_pool->lock, flags);
>  }
>  
> -static void zap_completion_queue(void)
> +void zap_completion_queue(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct softnet_data *sd = &get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
> @@ -267,6 +265,7 @@ static void zap_completion_queue(void)
>  
>  	put_cpu_var(softnet_data);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_completion_queue);

consider EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(zap_completion_queue, "NETDEV_INTERNAL");