netdev - Re: [patch net-next] neigh: use NEIGH_VAR_INIT in ndo_neigh

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:35:38 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jes@...ined-monkey.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] neigh: use NEIGH_VAR_INIT in ndo_neigh_setup
 functions.

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Thu,  9 Jan 2014 14:13:47 +0100

> When ndo_neigh_setup is called, the bitfield used by NEIGH_VAR_SET is
> not initialized yet. This might cause confusion for the people who use
> NEIGH_VAR_SET in ndo_neigh_setup. So rather introduce NEIGH_VAR_INIT for
> usage in ndo_neigh_setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

Wouldn't it be better to move the neigh_parms_data_state_cleanall() call
before we invoke ->ndo_neigh_setup()?  It seems that this code intended
to work that way, no?
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