Re: [PATCH][netfilter-next] netfilter: conntrack: make struct nf_conntrack_l4proto_gre4 static

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Mon Dec 18 2017 - 05:59:27 EST


On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:18:05AM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The structure nf_conntrack_l4proto_gre4 is local to the source and does
> > not need to be in global scope, so make it static.
>
> This bug was added in
> commit b9679a9fd3a7d36ea3deb2864a00cc413c5aae28
> netfilter: conntrack: l4 protocol trackers can be const

I have added Fixes: ... here.

> > -struct nf_conntrack_l4proto nf_conntrack_l4proto_gre4 = {
> > +static struct nf_conntrack_l4proto nf_conntrack_l4proto_gre4 = {
>
> This should be 'static const'.

I have mangled this patch to make it static const.

So Colin doesn't need to resend.

If there's anything else, let me know, I'll toss it and wait for a v2,
as you prefer.

Thanks.