netdev - Re: [Patch 4/5] Network Drop Monitor: Adding drop monitor implementation & Netlink protocol

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [Patch 4/5] Network Drop Monitor: Adding drop monitor
 implementation & Netlink protocol

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:27:06 -0500

> +struct net_dm_drop_point {
> +	uint8_t pc[8];
> +	uint32_t count;
> +};

Please use "__u8", "__u32", etc. and you'll get those as a result
of your linux/netlink.h include at the top of this file.

> +#define RCV_SKB_FAIL(err) do { netlink_ack(skb, nlh, (err)); return; } while (0)

Please don't embed return statements in macors, this makes the
code nearly impossible to audit.

I don't even see this macro being used in the code :-)

Otherwise this looks fine.
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