This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nftables: statify nft_parse_register()
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-nftables-statify-nft_parse_register.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 01259507f2d300176d93272e2d5c1d379c69e69a
Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue May 16 16:44:29 2023 +0200
netfilter: nftables: statify nft_parse_register()
[ 08a01c11a5bb3de9b0a9c9b2685867e50eda9910 ]
This function is not used anymore by any extension, statify it.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 446f70132d827..ba5f97f5c490e 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static inline enum nft_registers nft_type_to_reg(enum nft_data_types type)
}
int nft_parse_u32_check(const struct nlattr *attr, int max, u32 *dest);
-unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr);
int nft_dump_register(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int attr, unsigned int reg);
int nft_parse_register_load(const struct nlattr *attr, u8 *sreg, u32 len);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0ccbe8751085a..8a0095664e619 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7393,7 +7393,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_parse_u32_check);
* Registers used to be 128 bit wide, these register numbers will be
* mapped to the corresponding 32 bit register numbers.
*/
-unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr)
+static unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr)
{
unsigned int reg;
@@ -7405,7 +7405,6 @@ unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr)
return reg + NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE - NFT_REG32_00;
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_parse_register);
/**
* nft_dump_register - dump a register value to a netlink attribute
