netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: cls_api: Move call to tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base

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Message-ID: <Y/oycX7fMP8yJAdd@corigine.com>
Date:   Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:08:17 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, paulb@...dia.com, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: cls_api: Move call to
 tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy()

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 11:18:49AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> When CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT is disabled:
> 
>   ../net/sched/cls_api.c:141:13: warning: 'tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
>     141 | static void tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy(struct tcf_exts *exts)
>         |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Due to the way the code is structured, it is possible for a definition
> of tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy() to be present without actually
> being used. Its single callsite is in an '#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT'
> block but a definition will always be present in the file. The version
> of tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy() that actually does something
> depends on CONFIG_NET_TC_SKB_EXT, so the stub function is used in both
> CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT=n and CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT=y + CONFIG_NET_TC_SKB_EXT=n
> configurations.
> 
> Move the call to tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy() in
> tcf_exts_destroy() out of the '#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT', so that it
> always appears used to the compiler, while not changing any behavior
> with any of the various configuration combinations.
> 
> Fixes: 80cd22c35c90 ("net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action")
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

Thanks Nathan,

I think the #ifdefs in this file could do with some work.
But as a fix this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>