netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: Fix build error without CONFIG

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Date:   Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:08:04 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        idosch@...lanox.com, jiri@...lanox.com, mcroce@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: Fix build error without CONFIG_INET

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 02:59:00PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:08:25 +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> > If CONFIG_INET is not set, building fails:
> > 
> > drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.o: In function `nsim_dev_trap_report_work':
> > dev.c:(.text+0x67b): undefined reference to `ip_send_check'
> > 
> > Add CONFIG_INET Kconfig dependency to fix this.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> > Fixes: da58f90f11f5 ("netdevsim: Add devlink-trap support")
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> 
> Hmm.. I'd rather the test module did not have hard dependencies on
> marginally important config options. We have done a pretty good job
> so far limiting the requirements though separating the code out at
> compilation object level. The more tests depend on netdevsim and the
> more bots we have running tests against randconfig - the more important
> this is.
> 
> This missing reference here is for calculating a checksum over a
> constant header.. could we perhaps just hard code the checksum?

Sure. I was AFK today, will send a patch later today when I get home.

Thanks