netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: initialize net pointer inside tcf_exts

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Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:27:09 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: initialize net pointer inside
 tcf_exts_init()

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:37:42 -0800

> For tcindex filter, it is too late to initialize the
> net pointer in tcf_exts_validate(), as tcf_exts_get_net()
> requires a non-NULL net pointer. We can just move its
> initialization into tcf_exts_init(), which just requires
> an additional parameter.
> 
> This makes the code in tcindex_alloc_perfect_hash()
> prettier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Cong.