netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/18] net: Add netif_is

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Message-ID: <20181017095817.6465d543@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:58:17 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>,
        "ivecera@...hat.com" <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        "roopa@...ulusnetworks.com" <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com" <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com" 
        <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, mlxsw <mlxsw@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/18] net: Add netif_is_vxlan()

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:53:20 +0000, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Add the ability to determine whether a netdev is a VxLAN netdev by
> calling the above mentioned function that checks the netdev's
> rtnl_link_ops.
> 
> This will allow modules to identify netdev events involving a VxLAN
> netdev and act accordingly. For example, drivers capable of VxLAN
> offload will need to configure the underlying device when a VxLAN netdev
> is being enslaved to an offloaded bridge.
> 
> Convert nfp to use the newly introduced helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Thanks!