netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/11] udp: Handle VRF device in sendmsg

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Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:29:53 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
	Shrijeet Mukherjee <shm@...ulusnetworks.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Jon Toppins <jtoppins@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Dinesh Dutt <ddutt@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...atatu.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, svaidya@...cade.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/11] udp: Handle VRF device in sendmsg

On 8/14/15 9:16 PM, Tom Herbert wrote:
> At least collect this code into one (static inline) function to better
> minimize the code churn in udp. If this is general functionality that
> can be used by other drivers then abstract it out as such. Also, if
> the VRF driver is not configured it seems like this code should
> compiled out. As it stands now "if (netif_index_is_vrf(net, ipc.oif))
> {" adds a conditional to every call of udp_sendmsg rather or not we
> are using VRF :-(.

Sure. I wanted to make sure all of the VRF related changes compiled out 
when the VRF driver is not enabled. This one slipped by me. I'll send a 
patch next week along with a couple of others per Eric D's comments.

David
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