netdev - Re: [net-next 12/15] net/mlx5e: XDP, Avoid indirect call in TX flow

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:26:25 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 12/15] net/mlx5e: XDP, Avoid indirect call in TX flow

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:33:18 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
> 
> Use INDIRECT_CALL_2() helper to avoid the cost of the indirect call
> when/if CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>

Are these expected?

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:251:29: warning: symbol 'mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check_mpwqe' was not declared. Should it be static?
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:306:29: warning: symbol 'mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check' was not declared. Should it be static?
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:251:29: warning: no previous prototype for ‘mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check_mpwqe’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  251 | INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check_mpwqe(struct mlx5e_xdpsq *sq)
      |                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c:306:29: warning: no previous prototype for ‘mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  306 | INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_check(struct mlx5e_xdpsq *sq)
      |