Re: [PATCH] RFC: fix ethernet device initialization

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>]

Jes Sorensen wrote:
> I don't like the way you declare all the code in obscure macros in
> there.
> 
> +#define DECLARE_CHG_MTU(suffix,low,high) \
> +       static int suffix##_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu) \
> ......
> 
> All it does is to make the code harder to read and debug for little/no
> gain.

I disagree, but you probably knew that when you saw the code :)

These macros are not used inside code, they declare entire functions. 
These functions are 100% duplicated across 2-4 protocols.  Duplicated
code means bugs in some portions of the code and no others, more
difficult to maintain, etc.  I even proved this point while developing
the patch -- one of the functions was missing an EXPORT_xxx symbol. 
Using a standard macro automatically fixed this, a small oversight that
had been in the kernel probably for over a year.

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