netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname

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Message-ID: <54B2EB81.5050604@nod.at>
Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:30:41 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare()

Am 11.01.2015 um 22:14 schrieb Joe Perches:
> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 22:02 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> Am 11.01.2015 um 21:59 schrieb Joe Perches:
>>> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 21:52 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>> arp_tables.c has a 16bit aligment ifname_compare(), factor
>>>> it out to use it for all tables.
> []
>>> Perhaps this would be better as bool ifname_compare
>> Let's discuss the whole concept first
> 
> The concept seems obvious enough

Anyway, I agree with Linus wrt. bool.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/31/138

Thanks,
//richard
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