netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/8] xdp: make devmap flush

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Date:   Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:23:41 +0100
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        "Karlsson\, Magnus" <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/8] xdp: make devmap flush_list common for all map instances

Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com> writes:

> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 18:58, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com> wrote:
>>
> [...]
>> __dev_flush()?
>>
> [...]
>>
>> Looks good changing the function name would make things a bit cleaner IMO.
>>
>
> Hmm, I actually prefer the _map_ naming, since it's more clear that
> "entries from the devmap" are being flushed -- but dev_flush() works
> as well! :-) I can send a follow-up with the name change!

Or I can just change it at the point where I'm adding support for
non-map redirect (which is when the _map suffix stops being accurate)? :)

-Toke