From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
To: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
rbm@suse.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11 net-next v4] Convert CONFIG_IPV6 to built-in and remove stubs
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:38:17 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f1d55ee-440c-49a6-97a8-4354c57f9fe9@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8c136575-e23e-4cc2-a455-f1ba1abde2d5@suse.de>
On 3/23/26 6:19 AM, Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
> On 3/22/26 6:27 PM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 07:55:52PM +0100, Fernando Fernandez Mancera
>> wrote:
>>> Changes:
>>> v4:
>>> Patch 2: new patch introduced on this revision
>>> Patch 3: drop some IS_BUILTIN(IPV6) on files compiled only when
>>> IPV6=y
>>> Patch 5: introduce ipv6_mod_enabled() checks on fib6_nh_init(),
>>> ip6_dst_lookup_flow() and ip6_fragment() to avoid crash when
>>> ipv6.disable=1 during boot
>>> Patch 6: use &nd_tbl on code guarded by IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
>>
>> The IPv6 code is still using ipv6_get_nd_tbl() for some reason. If you
>> remove it from there (it's not needed), then we are only left with
>> handful of users that can be converted to use '&nd_tbl' when IPv6 is
>> enabled. Something like the patch below.
>>
> Hi Ido, the main reason why ipv6_get_nd_tbl() is used on IPv6 code is
> due to inlined functions. __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref() is used in several
> places not guarded by IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) preprocessor directive.
> That leads to undefined references when compiling with CONFIG_IPV6=n.
>
> ld: vmlinux.o: in function `bpf_ipv4_fib_lookup':
> filter.c:(.text+0x322b9dc): undefined reference to `nd_tbl'
> ld: filter.c:(.text+0x322b9fb): undefined reference to `nd_tbl'
> ld: filter.c:(.text+0x322ce1a): undefined reference to `nd_tbl'
> ld: vmlinux.o: in function `ipv4_confirm_neigh':
> route.c:(.text+0x345ade7): undefined reference to `nd_tbl'
> ld: route.c:(.text+0x345ae06): undefined reference to `nd_tbl'
> ld: vmlinux.o:route.c:(.text+0x345b74f): more undefined references to
> `nd_tbl' follow
are these errors with Ido's suggested additional change?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 14:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 18:55 [PATCH 00/11 net-next v4] Convert CONFIG_IPV6 to built-in and remove stubs Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:55 ` [PATCH 01/11 net-next v4] ipv6: convert CONFIG_IPV6 to built-in only and clean up Kconfigs Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:55 ` [PATCH 02/11 net-next v4] net: remove EXPORT_IPV6_MOD() and EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL() macros Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:55 ` [PATCH 03/11 net-next v4] ipv6: replace IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_IPV6) with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-23 20:11 ` Ido Schimmel
2026-03-24 8:47 ` Ido Schimmel
2026-03-20 18:55 ` [PATCH 04/11 net-next v4] ipv6: remove dynamic ICMPv6 sender registration infrastructure Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:55 ` [PATCH 05/11 net-next v4] ipv6: prepare headers for ipv6_stub removal Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-24 8:22 ` Ido Schimmel
2026-03-24 11:25 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 06/11 net-next v4] drivers: net: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 07/11 net-next v4] ipv4: " Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 08/11 net-next v4] net: convert remaining ipv6_stub users to " Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 09/11 net-next v4] bpf: remove ipv6_bpf_stub completely and use " Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 10/11 net-next v4] ipv6: remove ipv6_stub infrastructure completely Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-20 18:56 ` [PATCH 11/11 net-next v4] netfilter: remove nf_ipv6_ops and use direct function calls Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 00/11 net-next v4] Convert CONFIG_IPV6 to built-in and remove stubs Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-23 12:32 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-23 17:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-22 17:27 ` Ido Schimmel
2026-03-23 12:19 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-23 14:38 ` David Ahern [this message]
2026-03-23 15:06 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
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