netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: fdb dump: optimize by saving last interface markers

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Date:   Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:54:30 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        wkok@...ulusnetworks.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        jhs@...atatu.com, makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp, jiri@...nulli.us,
        idosch@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, minoura@...inux.co.jp,
        Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: fdb dump: optimize by saving last
 interface markers

On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 21:56 -0700, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>

> @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static inline int switchdev_port_fdb_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  					  struct netlink_callback *cb,
>  					  struct net_device *dev,
>  					  struct net_device *filter_dev,
> -					  int idx)
> +					  int *idx)
>  {
>         return idx;
>  }


Compiler is not happy with this change.

$ grep CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV .config
# CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV is not set

...

./include/net/switchdev.h: In function 'switchdev_port_fdb_dump':
./include/net/switchdev.h:347:8: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]

Thanks.