From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Weinberger Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare() Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:42:37 +0100 Message-ID: <54B2EE4D.2080802@nod.at> References: <1421009571-5279-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1421009571-5279-4-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1421009969.9233.5.camel@perches.com> <54B2E4DD.90200@nod.at> <1421010853.9233.7.camel@perches.com> <54B2EB81.5050604@nod.at> <1421012376.9233.9.camel@perches.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: davem@davemloft.net, coreteam@netfilter.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, vyasevic@redhat.com, jiri@resnulli.us, vfalico@gmail.com, therbert@google.com, edumazet@google.com, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, jmorris@namei.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu, kaber@trash.net, pablo@netfilter.org, kay@vrfy.org, stephen@networkplumber.org To: Joe Perches Return-path: Received: from a.ns.miles-group.at ([95.130.255.143]:65277 "EHLO radon.swed.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752029AbbAKVmm (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:42:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1421012376.9233.9.camel@perches.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 11.01.2015 um 22:39 schrieb Joe Perches: > On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 22:30 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> Am 11.01.2015 um 22:14 schrieb Joe Perches: >>> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 22:02 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: >>>> Am 11.01.2015 um 21:59 schrieb Joe Perches: >>>>> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 21:52 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: >>>>>> arp_tables.c has a 16bit aligment ifname_compare(), factor >>>>>> it out to use it for all tables. >>> [] >>>>> Perhaps this would be better as bool ifname_compare >>>> Let's discuss the whole concept first >>> >>> The concept seems obvious enough >> >> Anyway, I agree with Linus wrt. bool. >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/31/138 > > I don't. He was right when he wrote: Joe, I really don't care. This is the least significant patch of the series. I'll no longer waste my time with that. Thanks, //richard