Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/1] netfilter: conntrack: Guard possible unused functions

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 11:35:33AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some of the functions may be unused (CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_GLUE_CT=n
> and CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS=n), it prevents kernel builds with clang,
> `make W=1` and CONFIG_WERROR=y:
> 
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:657:22: error: unused function 'ctnetlink_acct_size' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>   657 | static inline size_t ctnetlink_acct_size(const struct nf_conn *ct)
>       |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:667:19: error: unused function 'ctnetlink_secctx_size' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>   667 | static inline int ctnetlink_secctx_size(const struct nf_conn *ct)
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:683:22: error: unused function 'ctnetlink_timestamp_size' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>   683 | static inline size_t ctnetlink_timestamp_size(const struct nf_conn *ct)
>       |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Fix this by guarding possible unused functions with ifdeffery.
> 
> See also commit 6863f5643dd7 ("kbuild: allow Clang to find unused static
> inline functions for W=1 build").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
> v3: explicitly mentioned the configuration options that lead to issue (Simon)
> v2: fixed typo, dropped Fixes (Simon), optimised by reusing existing ifdeffery

Thanks for the updates.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>