netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: lwtunnel: squelch kernel warning in case XFRM encap type is not available

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:00:24 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, steffen.klassert@...unet.com,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, dsahern@...nel.org,
        contact@...elbtn.com, pablo@...filter.org,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, razor@...ckwall.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: lwtunnel: squelch kernel warning in case
 XFRM encap type is not available

On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 11:01:37AM +0300, Eyal Birger wrote:
> Ido reported that a kernel warning [1] can be triggered from
> user space when the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_MODULES=y and
> CONFIG_XFRM=n when adding an xfrm encap type route, e.g:
> 
> $ ip route add 198.51.100.0/24 dev dummy1 encap xfrm if_id 1
> Error: lwt encapsulation type not supported.
> 
> The reason for the warning is that the LWT infrastructure has an
> autoloading feature which is meant only for encap types that don't
> use a net device,  which is not the case in xfrm encap.
> 
> Mute this warning for xfrm encap as there's no encap module to autoload
> in this case.

[...]

> 
> Reported-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
> Fixes: 2c2493b9da91 ("xfrm: lwtunnel: add lwtunnel support for xfrm interfaces in collect_md mode")
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@...il.com>

Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>

Thanks