netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipv6: Introduce ip6_multipath_hash

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Date:   Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:12:17 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, petrm@...lanox.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipv6: Introduce
 ip6_multipath_hash_policy()

On 3/11/18 12:45 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
> 
> In order to abstract away access to the
> ipv6.sysctl.multipath_hash_policy variable, which is not available on
> systems compiled without IPv6 support, introduce a wrapper function
> ip6_multipath_hash_policy() that falls back to 0 on non-IPv6 systems.
> 
> Use this wrapper from mlxsw/spectrum_router instead of a direct
> reference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c |  2 +-
>  include/net/ipv6.h                                    | 11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

For consistency, would be good to use that inline everywhere the sysctl
is referenced.