Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 3 authors, 2025-01-08

Re: [PATCH net-next v7 02/11] rtnetlink: Pack newlink() params into struct

From: Xiao Liang <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-08 08:37:05
Also in: batman, bpf, bridge, linux-kselftest, linux-rdma, linux-wireless, lkml, netdev

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref] wrote:
On Sat,  4 Jan 2025 20:57:23 +0800 Xiao Liang wrote:
quoted
-static int amt_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
-                    struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
-                    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int amt_newlink(struct rtnl_newlink_params *params)
 {
-     struct amt_dev *amt = netdev_priv(dev);
+     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack = params->extack;
+     struct net_device *dev = params->dev;
+     struct nlattr **data = params->data;
+     struct nlattr **tb = params->tb;
+     struct net *net = params->net;
+     struct amt_dev *amt;
IMHO you packed a little too much into the struct.
Could you take the dev and the extack back out?
Sure. I thought you were suggesting packing them all
in review of v3...
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