linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/24] net, diet: Add coccinelle script to convert drivers to ETHTOOL

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Message-ID: <CAAxaTiOYTEQgibnpDBXdhNpJUAVrLFwxz0roq8Bin1rNnnsxgg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 11:27:27 +0200
From:	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/24] net, diet: Add coccinelle script to convert drivers
 to ETHTOOL_OPS

Hi David,

I saw you rejected almost the entire patch series.

However, is there any interest to enforce the use of SET_ETHTOOL_OPS ?
Are you likely to merge the patch 24/24 [1] ?

Regards,

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/5/679


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Useful to remove unneeded driver code when ethtool is disabled.
>
> The patches doing this are submitted too, but let's add
> the script too so people can re-use it.
>
> Cc: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> Cc: Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>
> Cc: Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/api/ethtool_ops.cocci | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/api/ethtool_ops.cocci
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/ethtool_ops.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/ethtool_ops.cocci
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a7ee6ed
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/ethtool_ops.cocci
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +// Convert network drivers to use the SET_ETHTOOL_OPS macro
> +// This allows to compile out the ethtool code when not needed.
> +//
> +@@
> +struct ethtool_ops *ops;
> +struct net_device *dev;
> +@@
> +-      dev->ethtool_ops = ops;
> ++      SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, ops);
> --
> 1.9.0
>



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