Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare()

On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 22:30 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:

Am 11.01.2015 um 22:14 schrieb Joe Perches:

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On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 22:02 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:

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Am 11.01.2015 um 21:59 schrieb Joe Perches:

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On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 21:52 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:

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arp_tables.c has a 16bit aligment ifname_compare(), factor
it out to use it for all tables.

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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:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/10/760

Linus Torvalds <>
I guess I haven't gotten over my hatred of people playing games with
them because support wasn't universal enough. But maybe it's
approaching being irrational these days.