Re: Unused variable 'mark' in v6.1-rc7

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 05:30:47PM -0800, Ivan Babrou wrote:
> There's 52d1aa8b8249 in v6.1-rc7:
> 
> * netfilter: conntrack: Fix data-races around ct mark
> 
> It triggers an error:
> 
> #19 355.8 /build/linux-source/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c: In
> function '__ctnetlink_glue_build':
> #19 355.8 /build/linux-source/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:2674:13:
> error: unused variable 'mark' [-Werror=unused-variable]
> #19 355.8  2674 |         u32 mark;
> #19 355.8       |             ^~~~
> #19 355.8 cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> 
> If CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK is not enabled, as mark is declared
> unconditionally, but used under ifdef:
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
> -       if ((events & (1 << IPCT_MARK) || ct->mark)
> -           && ctnetlink_dump_mark(skb, ct) < 0)
> +       mark = READ_ONCE(ct->mark);
> +       if ((events & (1 << IPCT_MARK) || mark) &&
> +           ctnetlink_dump_mark(skb, mark) < 0)
>                 goto nla_put_failure;
>  #endif
> 
> To have NF_CONNTRACK_MARK one needs NETFILTER_ADVANCED:
> 
> config NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
>         bool  'Connection mark tracking support'
>         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
> 
> It's supposed to be enabled by default:
> 
> config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
>         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
>         depends on NETFILTER
>         default y
> 
> But it's not in defconfig (it's missing from arm64 completely):
> 
> $ rg NETFILTER_ADVANCED arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> 93:# CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED is not set
> 
> I think the solution is to enclose mark definition into ifdef as well
> and I'm happy to send a patch if you agree and would like me to.

Thanks for reporting and offering a patch:

Could you give a try to this one? I'll be glad to get a Tested-by:
tag if this is correct to you.

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20221128095853.10589-1-pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks.