Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v2 07/18] net: ethtool: Add support for ethnl_info_init_ntf helper function

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 05:53:09PM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> From: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
> 
> Introduce support for the ethnl_info_init_ntf helper function to enable
> initialization of ethtool notifications outside of the netlink.c file.
> This change allows for more flexible notification handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
> ---
> 
> changes in v2:
> - new patch.
> ---
>  net/ethtool/netlink.c | 5 +++++
>  net/ethtool/netlink.h | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> index e3f0ef6b851b..808cc8096f93 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> @@ -805,6 +805,11 @@ static void ethnl_default_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
>  typedef void (*ethnl_notify_handler_t)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
>  				       const void *data);
>  
> +void ethnl_info_init_ntf(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd)
> +{
> +	genl_info_init_ntf(info, &ethtool_genl_family, cmd);
> +}
> +

I've not looked at the users yet. Does this need EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()?

	Andrew