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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 net-next 6/6] net: switchdev: extract struct switchdev_obj_*
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 04:58:38PM CEST, sfeldma@gmail.com wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
>> Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:07:18PM CEST, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com wrote:
>>>Now that switchdev and its drivers directly use specific switchdev_obj_*
>>>structures, move them out of the switchdev_obj union and get rif of this
>>>outer structure.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
>>>---
>>> include/net/switchdev.h | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>>> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>>
>>>diff --git a/include/net/switchdev.h b/include/net/switchdev.h
>>>index bcadac3..e11425e 100644
>>>--- a/include/net/switchdev.h
>>>+++ b/include/net/switchdev.h
>>>@@ -64,30 +64,29 @@ enum switchdev_obj_id {
>>> SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB,
>>> };
>>>
>>>-struct switchdev_obj {
>>>- enum switchdev_obj_id id;
>>>- int (*cb)(struct switchdev_obj *obj);
>>>- union {
>>>- struct switchdev_obj_vlan { /* PORT_VLAN */
>>>- u16 flags;
>>>- u16 vid_begin;
>>>- u16 vid_end;
>>>- } vlan;
>>>- struct switchdev_obj_ipv4_fib { /* IPV4_FIB */
>>>- u32 dst;
>>>- int dst_len;
>>>- struct fib_info *fi;
>>>- u8 tos;
>>>- u8 type;
>>>- u32 nlflags;
>>>- u32 tb_id;
>>>- } ipv4_fib;
>>>- struct switchdev_obj_fdb { /* PORT_FDB */
>>>- const unsigned char *addr;
>>>- u16 vid;
>>>- u16 ndm_state;
>>>- } fdb;
>>>- } u;
>>>+/* SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_VLAN */
>>>+struct switchdev_obj_vlan {
>>>+ u16 flags;
>>>+ u16 vid_begin;
>>>+ u16 vid_end;
>>>+};
>>>+
>>>+/* SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV4_FIB */
>>>+struct switchdev_obj_ipv4_fib {
>>>+ u32 dst;
>>>+ int dst_len;
>>>+ struct fib_info *fi;
>>>+ u8 tos;
>>>+ u8 type;
>>>+ u32 nlflags;
>>>+ u32 tb_id;
>>>+};
>>>+
>>>+/* SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB */
>>>+struct switchdev_obj_fdb {
>>>+ const unsigned char *addr;
>>>+ u16 vid;
>>>+ u16 ndm_state;
>>> };
>>
>>
>> I don't like these structs being passed down as a "void *". I think that
>> we should have some "common" struct for these objects, event if it would
>> be empty and pass it down. "void *" does not look good at all, does not
>> tell the reader what that param is about. How about:
>>
>> struct switchdev_obj {
>> };
>>
>> struct switchdev_obj_vlan {
>> struct switchdev_obj obj;
>> u16 flags;
>> u16 vid_begin;
>> u16 vid_end;
>> };
>> #define SWITCHDEV_OBJ_VLAN(obj) \
>> container_of(obj, struct switchdev_obj_vlan, obj)
>>
>> /* SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV4_FIB */
>> struct switchdev_obj_ipv4_fib {
>> struct switchdev_obj obj;
>> u32 dst;
>> int dst_len;
>> struct fib_info *fi;
>> u8 tos;
>> u8 type;
>> u32 nlflags;
>> u32 tb_id;
>> };
>> #define SWITCHDEV_OBJ_IPV4_FIB(obj) \
>> container_of(obj, struct switchdev_obj_ipv4_fib, obj)
>>
>> /* SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_FDB */
>> struct switchdev_obj_fdb {
>> struct switchdev_obj obj;
>> const unsigned char *addr;
>> u16 vid;
>> u16 ndm_state;
>> };
>> #define SWITCHDEV_OBJ_FDB(obj) \
>> container_of(obj, struct switchdev_obj_fdb, obj)
>>
>>
>> then pass struct switchdev_obj *obj down to drivers and in driver, get
>> original object by SWITCHDEV_OBJ_* ?
>
>
>Yes, I agree with Jiri, keep the struct switchdev_obj, use it within
>each specific struct, and pass struct switchdev * in core funcs rather
>than void *.

I will cook-up a patch then. Thanks.


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