netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: unpollute priv

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Date:   Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:38:49 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, maheshb@...gle.com, jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: unpollute priv_flags space

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Tue,  6 Mar 2018 10:56:31 +0100

> the ipvlan device driver defines and uses 2 bits inside the priv_flags
> net_device field. Such bits and the related helper are used only
> inside the ipvlan device driver, and the core networking does not
> need to be aware of them.
> 
> This change moves netif_is_ipvlan* helper in the ipvlan driver and
> re-implement them looking for ipvlan specific symbols instead of
> using priv_flags.
> 
> Overall this frees two bits inside priv_flags - and move the following
> ones to avoid gaps - without any intended functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied, thank you.