netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: add ethtool support for set and get of settings

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Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:53:07 +1100
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio_net: add ethtool support for set and
 get of settings

On Tue,  2 Feb 2016 13:51:20 +0100
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org> wrote:

> +static bool virtnet_validate_speed(u32 speed)
> +{
> +	switch (speed) {
> +	case SPEED_10:
> +	case SPEED_100:
> +	case SPEED_1000:
> +	case SPEED_2500:
> +	case SPEED_5000:
> +	case SPEED_10000:
> +	case SPEED_20000:
> +	case SPEED_25000:
> +	case SPEED_40000:
> +	case SPEED_50000:
> +	case SPEED_56000:
> +	case SPEED_100000:
> +	case SPEED_UNKNOWN:
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}

Why limit to only known values. This switch() will get out of
date when some vendor introduces 64G or some other weird value.