netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 05/10] net: sched: move TC_H_MAJ macro call into tcf_auto

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 07:47:52 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 05/10] net: sched: move TC_H_MAJ macro call
 into tcf_auto_prio

Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:38:08AM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com wrote:
>On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:01:52PM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com wrote:
>>>On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>>>
>>>> Call the helper from the function rather than to always adjust the
>>>> return value of the function.
>>>
>>>And rename the function name to reflect this change?
>>
>> ? What do you suggest?
>
>tcf_auto_major_prio()?

That makes no sense. prio is passed from user in upper 2 bytes (god
knows why but that is how it is). The helper returns prio, that's it.
Nothing major about it...