netdev - Re: [Patch net-next v3 1/3] net: introduce helper dev_change_tx_queue

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Message-ID: <CAM_iQpWNTeDNJ51Vh9bFw357Q9Vp+osQo8XDwWbBk=_Ko9CSOg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:41:09 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next v3 1/3] net: introduce helper dev_change_tx_queue_len()

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:14 AM Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 01/25/2018 06:26 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> > This patch promotes the local change_tx_queue_len() to a core
> > helper function, dev_change_tx_queue_len(), so that rtnetlink
> > and net-sysfs could share the code. This also prepares for the
> > following patch.
> >
> > Note, the -EFAULT in the original code doesn't make sense,
> > we should propagate the errno from notifiers.
> >
> > Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/netdevice.h |  1 +
> >  net/core/dev.c            | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  net/core/net-sysfs.c      | 25 +------------------------
> >  net/core/rtnetlink.c      | 18 +++++-------------
> >  4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Hi Cong
>
> What about using dev_change_tx_queue_len() helper from SIOCSIFTXQLEN path in
> net/core/dev_ioctl.c ?
>
> This would make sure we call dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len() in this case.
>

Good catch! Will send a patch for net-next.

Thanks.