Re: [PATCH -next] drivers/net: netdevsim depends on INET

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Jan 16 2020 - 08:05:11 EST


On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:52:19 +0800, Hongbo Yao wrote:
> If CONFIG_INET is not set and CONFIG_NETDEVSIM=y.
> Building drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.o will get the following error:
>
> drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.o: In function `nsim_fib4_rt_hw_flags_set':
> fib.c:(.text+0x12b): undefined reference to `fib_alias_hw_flags_set'
> drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.o: In function `nsim_fib4_rt_destroy':
> fib.c:(.text+0xb11): undefined reference to `free_fib_info'
>
> Correct the Kconfig for netdevsim.
>
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 83c9e13aa39ae("netdevsim: add software driver for testing
> offloads")

Please provide a _correct_ Fixes tag, and don't line wrap it.
The commit you're pointing to doesn't use any of the fib functions
so how can it be to blame?

> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Yao <yaohongbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> index 77ee9afad038..25a8f9387d5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> @@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
> config NETDEVSIM
> tristate "Simulated networking device"
> depends on DEBUG_FS
> + depends on INET
> depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
> select NET_DEVLINK
> help