netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Move ipv6 stubs to a separate header file

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:04:37 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Move ipv6 stubs to a separate header file

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 05:17:52PM +0100, David Ahern wrote:
> On 3/22/19 5:14 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 06:06:09AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> >> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> >>
> >> The number of stubs is growing and has nothing to do with addrconf.
> >> Move the definition of the stubs to a separate header file and update
> >> users. In the move, drop the vxlan specific comment before ipv6_stub.
> >>
> >> Code move only; no functional change intended.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> > 
> > nack.
> > why this code churn?
> 
> This is a prep patch for nexthops as separate objects. I will be adding
> 4 more functions to the stubs, and I hit a bit of a header nightmare
> with it in addrconf.h.

please do not.
I see no value in splitting nexthops either.