netdev - Re: [patch net-next 3/6] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use FIB notifications instead of switchdev calls

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:12:10 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com,
        eladr@...lanox.com, yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com,
        ogerlitz@...lanox.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, linville@...driver.com,
        andy@...yhouse.net, f.fainelli@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        ivecera@...hat.com, kaber@...sh.net, john@...ozen.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 3/6] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use FIB
 notifications instead of switchdev calls

On 9/22/16 9:05 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 04:58:20PM CEST, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com wrote:
>> On 9/21/16 5:53 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>>
>>> Until now, in order to offload a FIB entry to HW we use switchdev op.
>>> However that has limits. Mainly in case we need to make the HW aware of
>>> all route prefixes configured in kernel. HW needs to know those in order
>>> to properly trap appropriate packets and pass the to kernel to do
>>> the forwarding. Abort mechanism is now handled within the mlxsw driver.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h     |   9 +-
>>>  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c  | 386 ++++++++++++---------
>>>  .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c   |   9 -
>>>  3 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Make the move to fib notifiers and the removal of switchdev code separate patches. It will make the fib notifier change easier to follow.
> 
> Since I'm changing one iface by another, I don't see how I can split it.
> 

Make the previous API dead and remove it in a separate patch. 

The init/fini code changes -- just a code move, no logical changes? then make it a separate patch - or don't move it at all and just add prototypes.

Some important code blocks are hard to read through the diffs as they are now.