netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next 2/6] netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family

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Message-ID: <20220315142521.38aebb28@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:25:21 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next 2/6] netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of
 unsupported family

On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:10:33 +0100 Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > 	return (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET) && family == NFPROTO_INET)) ||
> > > 	       (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV4) && family == NFPROTO_IPV4)) ||
> > > 		...
> > > 
> > > would have also been an option, for future reference.  
> > 
> > Yes, that is indeed much cleaner. I wasn't aware of this possibility
> > using IS_ENABLED. What do you think, worth a follow-up?  
> 
> CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET and CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV4 are never modules, I
> think IS_ENABLED is misleading there to the reader.

It's not about being a module, IS_ENABLED() is usable in C code, 
no need to use the pre-processor. But your call, obviously.