netdev - Re: [RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:21:23 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

Patrick McHardy wrote:
>  extern int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len);
> +extern int rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
> +				      struct rtattr *rta, void **data, int len);
>  


This version is a bit nicer because it avoids a cast
in the caller and makes the signature match the
existing functions better.

In the previous version it the call would have looked like this:

if (rtattr_parse_nested_compat(tb, TCA_PRIO_MAX, opt, (void *)&qopt,
                               sizeof(*qopt)))
	return -EINVAL;

now its:

if (rtattr_parse_nested_compat(tb, TCA_PRIO_MAX, opt,
                               qopt, sizeof(*qopt)))
	return -EINVAL;




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