Re: [PATCH] net: bridge: Fix jump_label config

[Cong Wang]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 5:39 PM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 2021/2/26 5:22, Cong Wang wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 8:03 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> HAVE_JUMP_LABLE is removed by commit e9666d10a567 ("jump_label: move
> >> 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig"), use CONFIG_JUMP_LABLE instead
> >> of HAVE_JUMP_LABLE.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 971502d77faa ("bridge: netfilter: unroll NF_HOOK helper in bridge input path")
> >> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Hmm, why do we have to use a macro here? static_key_false() is defined
> > in both cases, CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y or CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=n.
>
> It seems that all nf_hooks_needed related are using the macro,
>
> see net/netfilter/core.c and include/linux/netfilter.h,
>
>    #ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
>    struct static_key nf_hooks_needed[NFPROTO_NUMPROTO][NF_MAX_HOOKS];
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_hooks_needed);
> #endif
>
>    nf_static_key_inc()/nf_static_key_dec()

Same question: why? Clearly struct static_key is defined in both cases:

#else
struct static_key {
        atomic_t enabled;
};
#endif  /* CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL */

Thanks.