linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 27/31] dev_ioctl: split out ndo_eth

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:30:24 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 27/31] dev_ioctl: split out ndo_eth_ioctl

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:45:13PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Most users of ndo_do_ioctl are ethernet drivers that implement
> the MII commands SIOCGMIIPHY/SIOCGMIIREG/SIOCSMIIREG, or hardware
> timestamping with SIOCSHWTSTAMP/SIOCGHWTSTAMP.
> 
> Separate these from the few drivers that use ndo_do_ioctl to
> implement SIOCBOND, SIOCBR and SIOCWANDEV commands.
> 
> This is a purely cosmetic change intended to help readers find
> their way through the implementation.
> 
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
> Cc: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>
> Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
> Cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Cc: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>  Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst       |  4 ++
>  Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst     |  6 +--
>  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c     |  8 ++--

Acked-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

ipoib is a convoluted, but this transform looks OK

Jason