Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Fix use of proc_fs

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:37 PM Yonatan Linik <yonatanlinik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> index 2b33e977a905..031f2b593720 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -4612,9 +4612,11 @@ static int __net_init packet_net_init(struct net *net)
>         mutex_init(&net->packet.sklist_lock);
>         INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&net->packet.sklist);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
>         if (!proc_create_net("packet", 0, net->proc_net, &packet_seq_ops,
>                         sizeof(struct seq_net_private)))
>                 return -ENOMEM;
> +#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
>

Another option would be to just ignore the return code here
and continue without a procfs file, regardless of whether procfs
is enabled or not.

       Arnd