Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: kconfig: Fix XFRM_OFFLOAD dependency on XFRM

From: Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:38:26 +0300

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 12:11:06PM +0300, Ilia Lin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 8:19 AM Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 07:41:49AM +0300, Ilia Lin wrote:
> > > Hi Leon,
> >
> > You was already asked do not top-post.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230718105446.GD8808@unreal/
> > Please stop it.
> >
> > >
> > > This is exactly like I described:
> > > * xfrm.h is included from the net/core/sock.c unconditionally.
> > > * If CONFIG_XFRM_OFFLOAD is set, then the xfrm_dst_offload_ok() is
> > > being compiled.
> > > * If CONFIG_XFRM is not set, the struct dst_entry doesn't have the xfrm member.
> > > * xfrm_dst_offload_ok() tries to access the dst->xfrm and that fails to compile.
> >
> > I asked two questions. First one was "How did you set XFRM_OFFLOAD
> > without XFRM?".
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> In driver Kconfig: "select XFRM_OFFLOAD"

In driver Kconfig, one should use "depends on XFRM_OFFLOAD" and not "select XFRM_OFFLOAD".
Drivers shouldn't enable XFRM_OFFLOAD directly and all upstream users are safe here.

Thanks