Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch

[Roman Mashak <mrv@mojatatu.com>]

Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> writes:


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>>+enum {
>>+	TCAA_UNSPEC,
>>+	TCAA_ACT_TAB,
>>+	TCAA_ACT_FLAGS,
>>+	TCAA_ACT_COUNT,
>>+	__TCAA_MAX
>>+};
>>+
>>+#define TCAA_MAX (__TCAA_MAX - 1)
>> #define TA_RTA(r)  ((struct rtattr*)(((char*)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct tcamsg))))
>> #define TA_PAYLOAD(n) NLMSG_PAYLOAD(n,sizeof(struct tcamsg))
>>-#define TCA_ACT_TAB 1 /* attr type must be >=1 */	
>>-#define TCAA_MAX 1
>>+#define TCA_ACT_TAB TCAA_ACT_TAB
>
> This is mess. What does "TCAA" stand for?
> I suggest some more meaningful naming of the enum items and define
> TCA_ACT_TAB and TCAA_MAX to the new values in order to maintain UAPI
> Also, please put X_MAX = __X_MAX - 1 into enum
>

Notation observed in tc and unfortunately not consistently maintained is
to have enum with TCA* attributes for instance, followed by define,
outside of the enum, with __X_MAX -1

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