Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] netfilter: nf_reject: Fix build error when CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER=n

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Sep 09 2024 - 05:45:06 EST


On Sat, Sep 07, 2024 at 02:48:37PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 05:55:13PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> As mentioned in relation to another similar patch,
> I'm not sure that resolution of W=1 warnings are fixes.

Up to you, I consider they as fixes as I'm pretty much annoyed each release to
have disable CONFIG_WERROR. But I got your point.

...

> Possibly it is broken for some reason - like reading nskb too late -
> but I wonder if rather than annotating niph it's scope can be reduced
> to the code that is only compiled if CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER is enabled.
>
> This also addreses what appears to be an assingment of niph without
> the value being used - the first assingment.
>
> E.g., for the ipv4 case (compile tested only!):

Please, submit a formal patch, I'm not so familiar with the guts of networking
core to be able to produce anything better than I already did.

Consider this as
Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko