Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] net/eth: Make ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr pointer to const

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

On 3/10/21 5:46 PM, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 05:01:31PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> As the callee doesn't need to modify the ext_hdr buffer,
>> mark it const.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> net/eth.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
>> index 6a5a1d04e0b..7c47a267a7a 100644
>> --- a/net/eth.c
>> +++ b/net/eth.c
>> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ eth_is_ip6_extension_header_type(uint8_t hdr_type)
>> static bool
>> _eth_get_rss_ex_dst_addr(const struct iovec *pkt, int pkt_frags,
>>                         size_t ext_hdr_offset,
>> -                        struct ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr,
>> +                        const struct ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr,
>>                         struct in6_address *dst_addr)
>> {
>>     struct ip6_ext_hdr_routing *rthdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr_routing *)
>> ext_hdr;
>> -- 
>> 2.26.2
>>
> 
> This patch is fine, but after the last patch of this series, 'ext_hdr'
> is not used anymore, so what about removing this parameter?

Clever :)