From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/6] net: switchdev: use specific switchdev_obj_* Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20150929.213232.861100072512358746.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1443542838-19234-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@savoirfairelinux.com, sfeldma@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us, f.fainelli@gmail.com, andrew@lunn.ch To: vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1443542838-19234-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Vivien Didelot Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:07:12 -0400 > This patchset changes switchdev add, del, dump operations from this: ... > to something similar to the notifier_call callback of a notifier_block: ... > This allows the caller to pass and expect back a specific switchdev_obj_* > structure (e.g. switchdev_obj_fdb) instead of the generic switchdev_obj one. > > This will simplify pushing the callback function down to the drivers. > > The first 3 patches get rid of the dev parameter of the dump callback, since it > is not always neeeded (e.g. vlan_dump) and some drivers (such as DSA drivers) > may not have easy access to it. > > Patches 4 and 5 implement the change in the switchdev operations and its users. > > Patch 6 extracts the inner switchdev_obj_* structures from switchdev_obj and > removes this last one. > > v2: fix error spotted by kbuild (extra ';' inline switchdev_port_obj_dump). Series applied, thanks Vivien.