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Message-ID: <0b6faaac-e0ea-b2a4-e8a3-42e48436ed1d@mellanox.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:32:02 +0000 From: Eli Britstein <elibr@...lanox.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, "pshelar@....org" <pshelar@....org> CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "blp@....org" <blp@....org>, "dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>, Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>, "simon.horman@...ronome.com" <simon.horman@...ronome.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] openvswitch: Declare ovs key structures using macros ping for the using patch, i put below the v1 of it. here is v2: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1023406/ On 1/27/2019 8:37 AM, Eli Britstein wrote: > > On 1/27/2019 1:04 AM, David Miller wrote: >> From: Eli Britstein <elibr@...lanox.com> >> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:46:47 +0200 >> >>> Declare ovs key structures using macros to enable retrieving fields >>> information, with no functional change. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Eli Britstein <elibr@...lanox.com> >>> Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com> >> I agree with Pravin, this need a much better commit message. >> >> Maybe even better to submit this alongside whatever is supposed >> to use these new macros. > > This patch is equivalent to a work done in the OVS tree. > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1023405/ > > As a standalone it doesn't serve any purpose (as mentioned - no > functional change). > > It serves as a pre-step towards another patch in the OVS: > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1022794/ > > So, the purpose of doing it in the kernel is just to keep this H file > identical. Once it is approved for the kernel, we will be able to > proceed with it in the OVS. >
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