On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 09:16:11PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [ Upstream commit 9364a2cf567187c0a075942c22d1f434c758de5d ] > > Fix build errors when CONFIG_NET is not enabled. E.g. (trimmed): > > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/op-msg.o: in function `wimax_msg_alloc': > op-msg.c:(.text+0xa9): undefined reference to `__alloc_skb' > ld: op-msg.c:(.text+0xcc): undefined reference to `genlmsg_put' > ld: op-msg.c:(.text+0xfc): undefined reference to `nla_put' > ld: op-msg.c:(.text+0x168): undefined reference to `kfree_skb' > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/op-msg.o: in function `wimax_msg_data_len': > op-msg.c:(.text+0x1ba): undefined reference to `nla_find' > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/op-msg.o: in function `wimax_msg_send': > op-msg.c:(.text+0x311): undefined reference to `init_net' > ld: op-msg.c:(.text+0x326): undefined reference to `netlink_broadcast' > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/stack.o: in function `__wimax_state_change': > stack.c:(.text+0x433): undefined reference to `netif_carrier_off' > ld: stack.c:(.text+0x46b): undefined reference to `netif_carrier_on' > ld: stack.c:(.text+0x478): undefined reference to `netif_tx_wake_queue' > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/stack.o: in function `wimax_subsys_exit': > stack.c:(.exit.text+0xe): undefined reference to `genl_unregister_family' > ld: drivers/staging/wimax/stack.o: in function `wimax_subsys_init': > stack.c:(.init.text+0x1a): undefined reference to `genl_register_family' > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201102072456.20303-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/wimax/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) This isn't needed in any backported kernel as it only is relevant when the code moved to drivers/staging/ thanks, greg k-h