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From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
To: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Cc: "David Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Tom Herbert" <therbert@google.com>,
	"Michał Mirosław" <mirqus@gmail.com>,
	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] net: Define enum for the bits used in features.
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:58:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c98e3c64d35f369c7c98ffff3dd2d025@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1306288567-1773-1-git-send-email-maheshb@google.com>


On Tue, 24 May 2011 18:56:07 -0700, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:

> Little bit cleanup by defining enum for all bits used. Also use those

enum

> values to redefine flags.



Where is the advantage? Now I need to add 2 lines at two different places.



#define NETIF_F_IP_CSUM		BIT2FLAG(IP_CSUM_BIT)



Confuses me more compared to a simple 



#define NETIF_F_IP_CSUM		(1 << 2)





The enum netdev_features namespace is not really unique (e.g.

RESERVED16_BIT).





For me the modifications are harder to understand, my tools are confused

and I see no real advantage, only more indirection introduced.





Hagen

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-25  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-24 18:52 [PATCH] net: Abstract features usage Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-24 19:37 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-05-24 20:29   ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-24 21:49     ` Michał Mirosław
2011-05-24 23:11       ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-24 21:29 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-24 23:04   ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-24 23:11     ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-05-24 23:25       ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-25  1:55 ` [PATCHv2] " Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-25 22:43   ` [PATCHv3] " Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-25  1:56 ` [PATCHv2] net: Define enum for the bits used in features Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-25  7:58   ` Hagen Paul Pfeifer [this message]
2011-05-25  9:43   ` Michał Mirosław
2011-05-25  9:48     ` Michał Mirosław
2011-05-25 18:05     ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-25 22:42   ` [PATCHv3] " Mahesh Bandewar
2011-05-26 10:40     ` Michał Mirosław
2011-05-27  9:25     ` [RFC PATCH] net: ethtool: use C99 array initialization for feature-names table Michał Mirosław
2011-06-04 20:34     ` [PATCHv3] net: Define enum for the bits used in features David Miller
2011-06-06  3:58       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-06-06  5:15         ` David Miller
2011-06-06 15:32           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-06-06 19:20             ` David Miller
2011-06-06 20:35               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-06-09 16:46                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-06-09 20:12                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2011-06-08  6:55               ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-06-06 15:48       ` Michał Mirosław

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