netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 01/10] net: sched: move tc_classify function to cls

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 13:25:35 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 01/10] net: sched: move tc_classify function
 to cls_api.c

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
> Move tc_classify function to cls_api.c where it belongs, rename it to
> fit the namespace.
>

It is not a pure move, you silently remove the CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
macros in tc_classify(). Probably not buggy, just redundancy when
actions are not compiled.