Re: linux-next: Tree for March 10 (crypto & NLATTR)

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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:17:00PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:08:31 -0700
> > 
> > > I'll have to let David or Herbert answer that.  From my quick look
> > > at the code, I don't see much use for nlattr.c when CONFIG_NET
> > > is not enabled.
> > 
> > We want to use the netlink attribute parsers even in non-networking
> > code, that's what he's trying to do here.
> 
> OK the nlattr construction code really wants to depend on NET
> because they're skb-oriented.  We could either move them back
> or just wrap them in ifdef CONFIG_NET.
> 
> I think the latter is probably the simplest.
> 
> How does this patch look? And Randy, does it fix the problem for
> you?
> 
> nlattr: Fix build error with NET off
> 
> We moved the netlink attribute support from net to lib in order
> for it to be available for general consumption.  However, parts
> of the code (the bits that we don't need :) really depends on
> NET because the target object is sk_buff.
> 
> This patch fixes this by wrapping them in CONFIG_NET.
> 
> Some EXPORTs have been moved to make this work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for taking care of this!

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
> index 56c3ce7..80009a2 100644
> --- a/lib/nlattr.c
> +++ b/lib/nlattr.c
> @@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const char *str)
>  	return d;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NET
>  /**
>   * __nla_reserve - reserve room for attribute on the skb
>   * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
> @@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ struct nlattr *__nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
>  
>  	return nla;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve);
>  
>  /**
>   * __nla_reserve_nohdr - reserve room for attribute without header
> @@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ void *__nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen)
>  
>  	return start;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve_nohdr);
>  
>  /**
>   * nla_reserve - reserve room for attribute on the skb
> @@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ struct nlattr *nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
>  
>  	return __nla_reserve(skb, attrtype, attrlen);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve);
>  
>  /**
>   * nla_reserve_nohdr - reserve room for attribute without header
> @@ -363,6 +367,7 @@ void *nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen)
>  
>  	return __nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, attrlen);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve_nohdr);
>  
>  /**
>   * __nla_put - Add a netlink attribute to a socket buffer
> @@ -382,6 +387,7 @@ void __nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen,
>  	nla = __nla_reserve(skb, attrtype, attrlen);
>  	memcpy(nla_data(nla), data, attrlen);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put);
>  
>  /**
>   * __nla_put_nohdr - Add a netlink attribute without header
> @@ -399,6 +405,7 @@ void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
>  	start = __nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, attrlen);
>  	memcpy(start, data, attrlen);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put_nohdr);
>  
>  /**
>   * nla_put - Add a netlink attribute to a socket buffer
> @@ -418,6 +425,7 @@ int nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, const void *data)
>  	__nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put);
>  
>  /**
>   * nla_put_nohdr - Add a netlink attribute without header
> @@ -436,6 +444,7 @@ int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
>  	__nla_put_nohdr(skb, attrlen, data);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put_nohdr);
>  
>  /**
>   * nla_append - Add a netlink attribute without header or padding
> @@ -454,20 +463,13 @@ int nla_append(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
>  	memcpy(skb_put(skb, attrlen), data, attrlen);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_append);
> +#endif
>  
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_validate);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_parse);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_find);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strlcpy);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve_nohdr);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve_nohdr);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put_nohdr);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put_nohdr);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_memcpy);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_memcmp);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strcmp);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_append);

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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