netdev - Re: [net-next v2] ipv6: sr: export some functions of seg6local

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Date:   Sat, 6 Jan 2018 15:39:50 +0100
From:   Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next v2] ipv6: sr: export some functions of seg6local

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:37:33 -0500 (EST)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:08:32 +0100
> 
> > Some functions of seg6local are very useful to process SRv6
> > encapsulated packets
> > 
> > This patch exports some functions of seg6local that are useful and
> > can be re-used at different parts of the kernel.
> > 
> > The set of exported functions are:
> > (1) seg6_get_srh()
> > (2) seg6_advance_nextseg()
> > (3) seg6_lookup_nexthop
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
> 
> There is no way I am applying this as-is.
> 
> Until you can submit this alongside an in-tree user of these symbols,
> these symbol exports are not going to happen.
> 
> Thank you. 
I will submit the other patches once I'm done with the testing. 
Thanks 
-- 
Ahmed