netdev - Re: [RFC v2 03/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) netdev

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Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:26:47 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "Warrier, Sadanand" <sadanand.warrier@...el.com>,
        "Dutt, Sudeep" <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>,
        "Jajodia, Tanya K" <tanya.k.jajodia@...el.com>,
        "Kacprowski, Andrzej" <Andrzej.Kacprowski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 03/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller
 (VNIC) netdev

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:24:37AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> Do not use bitfields without providing a BE version of the bitfield.

Do not use bitfields ever for protocol defintions, period.