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Date:   Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:17:05 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com, dsahern@...il.com, dcbw@...hat.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch, parav@...lanox.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next rfc 4/7] net: rtnetlink: put alternative names
 to getlink message

Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 05:59:14AM CEST, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:00:26 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> index 7a2010b16e10..f11a2367037d 100644
>> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
>> @@ -980,6 +980,18 @@ static size_t rtnl_xdp_size(void)
>>  	return xdp_size;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static size_t rtnl_alt_ifname_list_size(const struct net_device *dev)
>> +{
>> +	struct netdev_name_node *name_node;
>> +	size_t size = nla_total_size(0);
>> +
>> +	if (list_empty(&dev->name_node->list))
>> +		return 0;
>
>Nit: it would make the intent a tiny bit clearer if 
>
>	size = nla_total_size(0);
>
>was after this early return.

Sure.


>
>> +	list_for_each_entry(name_node, &dev->name_node->list, list)
>> +		size += nla_total_size(ALTIFNAMSIZ);
>
>Since we have the structure I wonder if it would be worthwhile to store

Which structure?


>the exact size in it?
>
>> +	return size;
>> +}
>> +