Re: [PATCH] net: Fix build when CONFIG_INET is not enabled

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Fri Feb 11 2022 - 12:24:47 EST


On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 8:40 AM Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the kernel is configured with CONFIG_NET, but without CONFIG_INET we
> get the following error when building:
>
> sock.c:(.text+0x4c17): undefined reference to `__sk_defer_free_flush'
>
> Lets move __sk_defer_free_flush to sock.c
>

deja vu ?

commit 48cec899e357cfb92d022a9c0df6bbe72a7f6951
Author: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 20 14:34:40 2022 +0200

tcp: Add a stub for sk_defer_free_flush()

When compiling the kernel with CONFIG_INET disabled, the
sk_defer_free_flush() should be defined as a nop.

This resolves the following compilation error:
ld: net/core/sock.o: in function `sk_defer_free_flush':
./include/net/tcp.h:1378: undefined reference to `__sk_defer_free_flush'

Fixes: 79074a72d335 ("net: Flush deferred skb free on socket destroy")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220120123440.9088-1-gal@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>