netdev - Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/8] net: add netif_is

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Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:54:16 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        gerlitz.or@...il.com, ozsh@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        avivh@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/8] net: add netif_is_geneve()

Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 02:26:51PM CEST, john.hurley@...ronome.com wrote:
>Add a helper function to determine if the type of a netdev is geneve based
>on its rtnl_link_ops. This allows drivers that may wish to ofload tunnels
>to check the underlying type of the device.
>
>A recent patch added a similar helper to vxlan.h
>
>Signed-off-by: John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
>Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

I don't understand why this and the next patch are part of this
patchset. They don't seem directly related.