netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: bridge: change unicast boolean to exact pkt

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Message-ID: <20160830075623.15af2674@xeon-e3>
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:56:23 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        sashok@...ulusnetworks.com, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: bridge: change unicast boolean to
 exact pkt_type

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:08:58 +0200
Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:

>  /* br_forward.c */
> +enum {
> +	BR_PKT_UNICAST,
> +	BR_PKT_MULTICAST,
> +	BR_PKT_BROADCAST
> +};
>  int br_dev_queue_push_xmit(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
>  void br_forward(const struct net_bridge_port *to, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  		bool local_rcv, bool local_orig);
>  int br_forward_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
>  void br_flood(struct net_bridge *br, struct sk_buff *skb,
> -	      bool unicast, bool local_rcv, bool local_orig);
> +	      int pkt_type, bool local_rcv, bool local_orig);

Why not make pkt_type an enum value, you already have that infrastructure there.

enum br_pkt_type {
	BR_PKT_UNICAST,
...
};

void br_flood(struct net_bridge *br, struct sk_buff *skb,
              enum br_pkt_type pkt_type, ...