netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 13/13] ipv6: route: per route IP tunnel metadata via lightweight tunnel

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Message-ID: <55D53B72.70403@miraclelinux.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:29:06 +0900
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>, davem@...emloft.net
CC:	hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 13/13] ipv6: route: per route IP tunnel metadata
 via lightweight tunnel

Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:27:22 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
>>> You're right generally. But this one should be okay and I did this
>>> deliberately: the patch adding LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_ILA was merged two days
>>> ago, is in net-next only, is not used by anything in user space yet.
>>> And I think it's better to have LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP and
>>> LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP6 without anything in between.
>>
>> I do think you should have some descriptions.
> 
> Sorry, I meant to put this into the description but forget to add it
> after the rebase on top of ILA (as the patchset conflicted with the ILA
> work and was developed in parallel).
>
> Are you okay with inserting LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP6 before
> LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_ILA? If so, I'll resend with the explanation added.

Well, I think we should always avoid adding new entries into the
middle of enums because it will make bisecting more complex or more
difficult for example even if it *seems* that we have no users yet and
the risk is not so high.

Dave?

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Hideaki Yoshifuji <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION
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