netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: Remove unused __DSA_SKB

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Date:   Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:17:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     olteanv@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: Remove unused __DSA_SKB_CB macro

From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 22:12:50 +0300

> The struct __dsa_skb_cb is supposed to span the entire 48-byte skb
> control block, while the struct dsa_skb_cb only the portion of it which
> is used by the DSA core (the rest is available as private data to
> drivers).
> 
> The DSA_SKB_CB and __DSA_SKB_CB helpers are supposed to help retrieve
> this pointer based on a skb, but it turns out there is nobody directly
> interested in the struct __dsa_skb_cb in the kernel. So remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>

Applied.