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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , netdev@vger.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING [IPv4/IPv6]), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipconfig: use ifreq field aliases Message-ID: <20260910111952.47068985@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: <20260909144417.28871-1-lalitshankarch@gmail.com> References: <20260909144417.28871-1-lalitshankarch@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 14:44:16 +0000 Lalit Shankar Chowdhury wrote: > Use the ifr_addr and ifr_name macros instead of the lengthier versions. > > Signed-off-by: Lalit Shankar Chowdhury > --- Why? seems like useless churn. Those header files never change