netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 01/10] net: rename netdev_phys_port

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Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:56:15 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 01/10] net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to
 more generic name

On 11/10/14 07:33, Daniel Borkmann wrote:

> $ git grep -n MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN
> include/linux/netdevice.h:756:#define MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN 32
> include/linux/netdevice.h:762:  unsigned char id[MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN];
> net/core/rtnetlink.c:871:              +
> nla_total_size(MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN); /* IFLA_PHYS_PORT_ID */
> net/core/rtnetlink.c:1199:      [IFLA_PHYS_PORT_ID]     = { .type =
> NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN },
>
> ... and based on commit 66cae9ed6bc4 ("rtnl: export physical port id
> via RT netlink") only exported as read-only.
>

I guess it is *not exported* if no user space code sees it.
If that is the case, I agree that my suggestion is unneeded.

cheers,
jamal
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