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Re: [PATCH net 1/4] ipv6: silence compilation warning for non-IPV6 build

To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/4] ipv6: silence compilation warning for non-IPV6 builds
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>, Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 13:55:31 -0800
On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:55:28 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 08:29:09AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Tue,  2 Feb 2021 15:55:41 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:  
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The W=1 compilation of allmodconfig generates the following warning:
> > >
> > > net/ipv6/icmp.c:448:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'icmp6_send' 
> > > [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > >   448 | void icmp6_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info,
> > >       |      ^~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > In such configuration, the icmp6_send() is not used outside of icmp.c, so 
> > > close
> > > its EXPORT_SYMBOL and add "static" word to limit the scope.
> > >
> > > Fixes: cc7a21b6fbd9 ("ipv6: icmp6: avoid indirect call for icmpv6_send()")
> > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> >
> > That's a little much ifdefinery, why not move the declaration from
> > under the ifdef in the header instead?  
> 
> We will find ourselves with exported but not used function, it will
> increase symbol file, not big deal but not nice, either.

For those all so common builds where IPv6 is a module :)
But I don't feel strongly, up to you.

> > If you repost please target net-next, admittedly these fixes are pretty
> > "obviously correct" but they are not urgent either.  
> 
> I'll do.

Thanks!

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