linux-kernel - Re: [v20 02/13] rtase: Implement the .ndo

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Message-ID: <3f3f57dc-88c1-44ab-a69a-457633360fbd@web.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:30:09 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Justin Lai <justinlai0215@...ltek.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>,
 Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Larry Chiu <larry.chiu@...ltek.com>,
 Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>, Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [v20 02/13] rtase: Implement the .ndo_open function

>> I dare to propose further collateral evolution according to available
>> programming interfaces.
…
> Thank you for your suggestion,

I became curious how the clarification will evolve further for adjusting
API usage in some ways.

> but since we still need to survey the new method,

Would you like to take another look at any intermediate application statistics?

Example:
Looking at guard usage (with SmPL)
https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/2dc6a1c7-79bf-42e3-95cc-599a1e154f57@web.de/
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2024-05/msg00090.html

> we want to use the goto method for this current version of the patch

Goto chains can still be applied for another while.

> and make modifications based on Simon's suggestions.
The change acceptance is evolving also according to known software transformations,
isn't it?

Regards,
Markus