Re: [PATCH] selftests: netfilter: Remove unused variables in conntrack_dump_flush

Fernando Fernandez Mancera <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 11:03:57 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/6/26 10:45 AM, Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
> On 8/6/26 9:50 AM, Qingshuang Fu wrote:
>> From: Qingshuang Fu <[email protected]>
>>
>> The variables 'rplnlh' in conntrack_data_insert() and 'rplnlh' together
>> with 'nest' in conntracK_count_zone() and conntrack_flush_zone() were
>> declared but never used since they were introduced.
>>
>> Similarly, commit 76342e842587 ("selftests: netfilter: remove unused
>> parameter") removed the unused 'err' variable from these functions but
>> overlooked the remaining unused 'rplnlh' and 'nest' variables.  Remove
>> them to clean up the code.
>>
>> Fixes: eff3c558bb7e ("netfilter: ctnetlink: support filtering by zone")
>> Signed-off-by: Qingshuang Fu <[email protected]>
>> ---
> 
> Thanks for patch, it looks good to me but could we avoid the fixes tag 
> here?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <[email protected]>

Actually, since you are at it.. could you also include the following 
diff? Thanks!

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/conntrack_dump_flush.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/conntrack_dump_flush.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int count_entries(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, 
void *data)
         return MNL_CB_OK;
  }

-static int conntracK_count_zone(struct mnl_socket *sock, uint16_t zone)
+static int conntrack_count_zone(struct mnl_socket *sock, uint16_t zone)
  {
         char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
         struct nlmsghdr *nlh;