netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: do not export inet_gro

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:01:37 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: do not export inet_gro_{receive|complete}

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 07:41:45AM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> inet_gro_receive() and inet_gro_complete() are part
> of GRO engine which can not be modular.
>
> Similarly, inet_gso_segment() does not need to be exported,
> being part of GSO stack.
>
> In other words, net/ipv6/ip6_offload.o is part of vmlinux,
> regardless of CONFIG_IPV6.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>