netdev - Re: [patch net-next 00/15] net: sched: summer cleanup part 2, ndo_setup

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Date:   Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:37:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, mlxsw@...lanox.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        simon.horman@...ronome.com, pieter.jansenvanvuuren@...ronome.com,
        dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
        amritha.nambiar@...el.com, oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/15] net: sched: summer cleanup part 2,
 ndo_setup_tc

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Sat,  5 Aug 2017 16:53:22 +0200

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> This patchset focuses on ndo_setup_tc and its args.
> Currently there are couple of things that do not make much sense.
> The type is passed in struct tc_to_netdev, but as it is always
> required, should be arg of the ndo. Other things are passed as args
> but they are only relevant for cls offloads and not mqprio. Therefore,
> they should be pushed to struct. As the tc_to_netdev struct in the end
> is just a container of single pointer, we get rid of it and pass the
> struct according to type. So in the end, we have:
> ndo_setup_tc(dev, type, type_data_struct)
> 
> There are couple of cosmetics done on the way to make things smooth.
> Also, reported error is consolidated to eopnotsupp in case the
> asked offload is not supported.

Series applied, thanks Jiri.