netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 16/20] net/ipv6: Cleanup exception route handling

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:29:30 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...sch.org,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        weiwan@...gle.com, kafai@...com, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 16/20] net/ipv6: Cleanup exception route
 handling

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:25:37 -0700

> Anyways, because rt6_info is used for both FIB and dst the lookup
> functions can overload the rt6_info variable usually called 'rt'. This
> patch introduces a new 'f6i' variable name for the result of the FIB
> lookup and keeps 'rt' as the dst based return variable. 'f6i' becomes a
> fib6_info in patch 19 which is why it is introduced as 'struct rt6_info
> *f6i' now; avoids the additional churn in patch 19.

This I understand. :)

Adjust this commit message to include some of this text and I'm
happy.

BTW, I love patch #20, those edits must have been fun to make :-)