netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] bpf: remove struct bpf_map_type

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Message-ID: <58EBAD6E.2000803@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:06:06 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:     alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] bpf: remove struct bpf_map_type_list

On 04/10/2017 02:44 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
>
> There's no need to have struct bpf_map_type_list since
> it just contains a list_head, the type, and the ops
> pointer. Since the types are densely packed and not
> actually dynamically registered, it's much easier and
> smaller to have an array of type->ops pointer. Also
> initialize this array statically to remove code needed
> to initialize it.
>
> In order to save duplicating the list, move it to the
> types header file added by the previous patch and
> include it in the same fashion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>