NAK [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH 2/2] netfilter: flowtable: Make nf_flow_table_offload_add/del_cb inline
Daniel Jurgens
danielj at nvidia.com
Tue May 11 18:12:50 UTC 2021
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 1:04 PM
> On 11/05/2021 14:02, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
> > From: Alaa Hleihel <alaa at mellanox.com>
> >
> > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927246
> >
> > Currently, nf_flow_table_offload_add/del_cb are exported by
> > nf_flow_table module, therefore modules using them will have
> > hard-dependency on nf_flow_table and will require loading it all the time.
> >
> > This can lead to an unnecessary overhead on systems that do not use
> > this API.
> >
> > To relax the hard-dependency between the modules, we unexport these
> > functions and make them static inline.
> >
> > Fixes: 978703f42549 ("netfilter: flowtable: Add API for registering to
> > flow table events")
> > Signed-off-by: Alaa Hleihel <alaa at mellanox.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid at mellanox.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner at gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net> (backported from
> > commit 505ee3a1cab96785fbc2c7cdb41ab677ec270c3c)
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj at nvidia.com>
> >
> > Conflicts:
> > net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
> > ---
> > include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 49
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 44 -------------------------------
> > 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> >
>
> You were too fast with v2. :)
> See my comments for second patch in v1.
>
Couple more with conflicts: tag coming your way. I'll start removing those. Let me know if you want me to resend, or if you just want to drop when merging them.
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
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