Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net/sched: act_ct: Make tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb inline

[Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@redhat.com>]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 02:12:48PM +0300, Roi Dayan wrote:
> From: Alaa Hleihel <alaa@mellanox.com>
> 
> Currently, tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb is exported by act_ct
> module, therefore modules using it will have hard-dependency
> on act_ct and will require loading it all the time.
> 
> This can lead to an unnecessary overhead on systems that do not
> use hardware connection tracking action (ct_metadata action) in
> the first place.
> 
> To relax the hard-dependency between the modules, we unexport this
> function and make it a static inline one.
> 
> Fixes: 30b0cf90c6dd ("net/sched: act_ct: Support restoring conntrack info on skbs")
> Signed-off-by: Alaa Hleihel <alaa@mellanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid@mellanox.com>

Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>

> ---
>  include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h | 11 ++++++++++-
>  net/sched/act_ct.c         | 11 -----------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
> index 79654bcb9a29..8250d6f0a462 100644
> --- a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
> +++ b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
> @@ -66,7 +66,16 @@ static inline struct nf_flowtable *tcf_ct_ft(const struct tc_action *a)
>  #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK */
>  
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_ACT_CT)
> -void tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long cookie);
> +static inline void
> +tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long cookie)
> +{
> +	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo = cookie & NFCT_INFOMASK;
> +	struct nf_conn *ct;
> +
> +	ct = (struct nf_conn *)(cookie & NFCT_PTRMASK);
> +	nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
> +	nf_ct_set(skb, ct, ctinfo);
> +}
>  #else
>  static inline void
>  tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long cookie) { }
> diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
> index e29f0f45d688..e9f3576cbf71 100644
> --- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
> +++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
> @@ -1543,17 +1543,6 @@ static void __exit ct_cleanup_module(void)
>  	destroy_workqueue(act_ct_wq);
>  }
>  
> -void tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long cookie)
> -{
> -	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo = cookie & NFCT_INFOMASK;
> -	struct nf_conn *ct;
> -
> -	ct = (struct nf_conn *)(cookie & NFCT_PTRMASK);
> -	nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
> -	nf_ct_set(skb, ct, ctinfo);
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcf_ct_flow_table_restore_skb);
> -
>  module_init(ct_init_module);
>  module_exit(ct_cleanup_module);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Blakey <paulb@mellanox.com>");
> -- 
> 2.8.4
>