Re: [PATCH net v3 9/9] tap: Use tun's vnet-related code

[Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>]

Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> tun and tap implements the same vnet-related features so reuse the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/Kconfig    |   1 +
>  drivers/net/Makefile   |   6 +-
>  drivers/net/tap.c      | 152 +++++--------------------------------------------
>  drivers/net/tun_vnet.c |   5 ++
>  4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 140 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> index 1fd5acdc73c6..c420418473fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> @@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ config TUN
>  	tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
>  	depends on INET
>  	select CRC32
> +	select TAP
>  	help
>  	  TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
>  	  programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
> diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
> index bb8eb3053772..2275309a97ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
> @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ obj-y += mdio/
>  obj-y += pcs/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RIONET) += rionet.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_NET_TEAM) += team/
> -obj-$(CONFIG_TUN) += tun-drv.o
> -tun-drv-y := tun.o tun_vnet.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_TAP) += tap.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_TUN) += tun.o

Is reversing the previous changes to tun.ko intentional?

Perhaps the previous approach with a new CONFIG_TUN_VNET is preferable
over this. In particular over making TUN select TAP, a new dependency.

> +obj-$(CONFIG_TAP) += tap-drv.o
> +tap-drv-y := tap.o tun_vnet.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VETH) += veth.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET) += virtio_net.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VXLAN) += vxlan/