[PATCH net v2] netfilter: nf_tables: Only use nf_skip_indirect_calls() when MITIGATION_RETPOLINE

From: WangYuli
Date: Wed Mar 19 2025 - 10:19:08 EST


1. MITIGATION_RETPOLINE is x86-only (defined in arch/x86/Kconfig),
so no need to AND with CONFIG_X86 when checking if enabled.

2. Remove unused declaration of nf_skip_indirect_calls() when
MITIGATION_RETPOLINE is disabled to avoid warnings.

3. Declare nf_skip_indirect_calls() and nf_skip_indirect_calls_enable()
as inline when MITIGATION_RETPOLINE is enabled, as they are called
only once and have simple logic.

Fix follow error with clang-21 when W=1e:
net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:39:20: error: unused function 'nf_skip_indirect_calls' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
39 | static inline bool nf_skip_indirect_calls(void) { return false; }
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:207: net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:465: net/netfilter] Error 2
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Fixes: d8d760627855 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add static key to skip retpoline workarounds")
Co-developed-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:
*v1->v2: Avoid the extra CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE.
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
index 75598520b0fa..6557a4018c09 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
@@ -21,25 +21,22 @@
#include <net/netfilter/nf_log.h>
#include <net/netfilter/nft_meta.h>

-#if defined(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
static struct static_key_false nf_tables_skip_direct_calls;

-static bool nf_skip_indirect_calls(void)
+static inline bool nf_skip_indirect_calls(void)
{
return static_branch_likely(&nf_tables_skip_direct_calls);
}

-static void __init nf_skip_indirect_calls_enable(void)
+static inline void __init nf_skip_indirect_calls_enable(void)
{
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE))
static_branch_enable(&nf_tables_skip_direct_calls);
}
#else
-static inline bool nf_skip_indirect_calls(void) { return false; }
-
static inline void nf_skip_indirect_calls_enable(void) { }
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE */

static noinline void __nft_trace_packet(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt,
const struct nft_verdict *verdict,
--
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