Re: [PATCH net-next v1] bpf: Remove redundant ifdef

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Feb 14 2017 - 12:08:35 EST


From: "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:53:49 +0800

>
>
> On 2017/2/12 3:37, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>> Remove a useless ifdef __NR_bpf as requested by Wang Nan.
>>
>> Inline one-line static functions as it was in the bpf_sys.h file.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxx>
>> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Link:
>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/828ab1ff-4dcf-53ff-c97b-074adb895006@xxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c | 12 +++---------
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
>> index 50e04cc5dddd..2de9c386989a 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
>> @@ -42,21 +42,15 @@
>> # endif
>> #endif
>> -static __u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
>> +static inline __u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
>> {
>> return (__u64) (unsigned long) ptr;
>> }
>> -static int sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr,
>> - unsigned int size)
>> +static inline int sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr,
>> + unsigned int size)
>> {
>> -#ifdef __NR_bpf
>> return syscall(__NR_bpf, cmd, attr, size);
>> -#else
>> - fprintf(stderr, "No bpf syscall, kernel headers too old?\n");
>> - errno = ENOSYS;
>> - return -1;
>> -#endif
>> }
>> int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size,
>
> Acked-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> However, it is better to merge this patch with commit
> 702498a1426bc95b6f49f9c5fba616110cbd3947.

I don't know where this commit ID is. Since this patch is targetting
net-next I would expect a commit ID with not context to be in that
tree. Please always specify where the commit ID you mention is.

Futhermore, commits in net-next are permanent so it is not possible
afterwards to "merge this patch with commit X".