NAK [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH 2/2] netfilter: flowtable: Make nf_flow_table_offload_add/del_cb inline
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com
Tue May 11 18:20:25 UTC 2021
On 11/05/2021 14:12, Daniel Jurgens wrote:
>
>
>> -----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.
I am fine with stripping them while applying, so no need for resend.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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