linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 41/80] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: Introduce and use nft_rbtree_interval

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 14:06:25 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 41/80] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: Introduce and use
 nft_rbtree_interval_start()

Hi!

> [ Upstream commit 6f7c9caf017be8ab0fe3b99509580d0793bf0833 ]
> 
> Replace negations of nft_rbtree_interval_end() with a new helper,
> nft_rbtree_interval_start(), wherever this helps to visualise the
> problem at hand, that is, for all the occurrences except for the
> comparison against given flags in __nft_rbtree_get().
> 
> This gets especially useful in the next patch.

This looks like cleanup in preparation for the next patch. Next patch
is there for some series, but not for 4.19.124. Should this be in
4.19, then?

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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