Re: [PATCH, net-next, v3, 1/2] ethtool: Factored out similar ethtool link settings for virtual devices to core

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:18:31AM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 02:54:09PM -0600, Cris Forno wrote:
> > @@ -579,6 +579,32 @@ static int load_link_ksettings_from_user(struct ethtool_link_ksettings *to,
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/* Check if the user is trying to change anything besides speed/duplex */
> > +static bool
> > +ethtool_virtdev_validate_cmd(const struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd)
> > +{
> > +	struct ethtool_link_ksettings diff1 = *cmd;
> > +	struct ethtool_link_ksettings diff2 = {};
> 
> Hi Cris
> 
> These are not the best of names. How about request and valid?
> 
> > +
> > +	/* cmd is always set so we need to clear it, validate the port type
> > +	 * and also without autonegotiation we can ignore advertising
> > +	 */
> > +	diff1.base.speed = 0;
> > +	diff2.base.port = PORT_OTHER;
> > +	ethtool_link_ksettings_zero_link_mode(&diff1, advertising);
> > +	diff1.base.duplex = 0;
> > +	diff1.base.cmd = 0;
> > +	diff1.base.link_mode_masks_nwords = 0;
> > +
> > +	return !memcmp(&diff1.base, &diff2.base, sizeof(diff1.base)) &&
> 
> linkmode_equal()

Opps. That is wrong. base is not a link mode! Sorry for the noise.

      Andrew