netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 01/10] net/core: Introduce master_xmit_slave

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Date:   Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:29:15 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Maor Gottlieb <maorg@...lanox.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, jgg@...lanox.com, dledford@...hat.com,
        j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, leonro@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexr@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 01/10] net/core: Introduce
 master_xmit_slave_get

On 4/20/20 8:01 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 09:54:17AM CEST, maorg@...lanox.com wrote:
>> Add new ndo to get the xmit slave of master device.
>> User should release the slave when it's not longer needed.
>> When slave selection method is based on hash, then the user can ask to
>> get the xmit slave assume all the slaves can transmit by setting the
>> LAG_FLAGS_HASH_ALL_SLAVES bit in the flags argument.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maor Gottlieb <maorg@...lanox.com>
>> ---
>> include/linux/netdevice.h |  3 +++
>> include/net/lag.h         | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> index 130a668049ab..e8852f3ad0b6 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
>> @@ -1389,6 +1389,9 @@ struct net_device_ops {
>> 						 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
>> 	int			(*ndo_del_slave)(struct net_device *dev,
>> 						 struct net_device *slave_dev);
>> +	struct net_device*	(*ndo_xmit_get_slave)(struct net_device *master_dev,
>> +						      struct sk_buff *skb,
>> +						      u16 flags);
> 
> Please adjust the name to:
> ndo_get_lag_xmit_slave

I disagree. There are multiple master devices and no reason to have a
LAG specific get_slave.