linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf] net-tun: add type safety to tun_xdp_to_ptr() and tun_ptr_to

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQLbH2zdFryjqy=U1CEXEjmj6WxTV-d2zOS1eHR=b11pTA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:14:53 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Cc:     Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Linux Network Development Mailing List 
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        BPF Mailing List <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] net-tun: add type safety to tun_xdp_to_ptr() and tun_ptr_to_xdp()

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 1:39 AM Maciej Żenczykowski
<zenczykowski@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
>
> Test: builds
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>

I know it's a trivial patch, but please provide a proper commit log and explain
_why_ this type safety is necessary.
Also pls use email subject with [PATCH bpf-next]