Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ctnetlink: add more #ifdef around unused code

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 08:33:15PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 18 April 2016 20:16:59 Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:17:43PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > A recent patch removed many 'inline' annotations for static
> > > functions in this file, which has caused warnings for functions
> > > that are not used in a given configuration, in particular when
> > > CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS is disabled:
> > > 
> > > nf_conntrack_netlink.c:572:15: 'ctnetlink_timestamp_size' defined but not used
> > > nf_conntrack_netlink.c:546:15: 'ctnetlink_acct_size' defined but not used
> > > nf_conntrack_netlink.c:339:12: 'ctnetlink_label_size' defined but not used
> > 
> > Arnd, thanks for the fix.
> > 
> > I'm planning to push this though:
> > 
> > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/610820/
> > 
> > This is restoring the inlines for the size calculation functions, but
> > I think that's ok. They are rather small and they're called from the
> > event notification path (ie. packet path), so the compiler just place
> > them out of the way when not needed and we calm down the gcc warning.
> 
> Looks good. I'll put this in my randconfig builder to replace my own
> patch and will let you know if you missed something.

Thanks, will wait for your ack then.