netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: Clean up unnecessary #ifdef

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:58:52 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: Clean up unnecessary #ifdef

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 12:33:59PM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> If CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS is not enabled, nf_ingress() becomes a no-op
> because it solely contains an if-clause calling nf_hook_ingress_active(),
> for which an empty inline stub exists in <linux/netfilter_ingress.h>.
> 
> All the symbols used in the if-clause's body are still available even if
> CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS is not enabled.
> 
> The additional "#ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS" in nf_ingress() is thus
> unnecessary, so drop it.

Applied, thanks.