netdev - Re: [PATCH v6] net: ip, diag -- Add diag interface for raw sockets

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Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:53:29 +0300
From:   Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        dsa@...ulusnetworks.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        kaber@...sh.net, avagin@...nvz.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] net: ip, diag -- Add diag interface for raw sockets

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 01:50:22AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Macros that look like function calls and are also lvalues tend to be
> troublesome.
> 
> I know what you're trying to achieve, you want a named way to access
> this so that the intent and semantics are clear.
> 
> But I'd rather you do something that provides a way by which normal
> struct member accesses do the job, and your earlier patches achieved
> this.

I can't rename the field, neither a can use union. The only acceptable
option I think is introduce inet_diag_v3 structure, which of course
will require the mode wide patching. If there no objections I could
try to implement it.