netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: dsa: sja1105: support flow-based redirection via virtual links

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Date:   Mon, 4 May 2020 14:23:02 -0400
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        vinicius.gomes@...el.com, po.liu@....com, xiaoliang.yang@....com,
        mingkai.hu@....com, christian.herber@....com,
        claudiu.manoil@....com, vladimir.oltean@....com,
        alexandru.marginean@....com, vlad@...lov.dev, jiri@...lanox.com,
        idosch@...lanox.com, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: dsa: sja1105: support flow-based
 redirection via virtual links

On Mon, 4 May 2020 14:19:13 -0400, Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> On Mon,  4 May 2020 00:10:33 +0300, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
> > +		case FLOW_ACTION_REDIRECT: {
> > +			struct dsa_port *to_dp;
> > +
> > +			if (!dsa_slave_dev_check(act->dev)) {
> > +				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> > +						   "Destination not a switch port");
> > +				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +			}
> > +
> > +			to_dp = dsa_slave_to_port(act->dev);
> 
> Instead of exporting two DSA core internal functions, I would rather expose
> a new helper for drivers, such as this one:
> 
>     struct dsa_port *dsa_dev_to_port(struct net_device *dev)
>     {
>         if (!dsa_slave_dev_check(dev))
>             return -EOPNOTSUPP;

Oops, NULL, not an integer error code, but you get the idea of public helpers.

>     
>         return dsa_slave_to_port(dev);
>     }
> 
> The naming might not be the best, this helper could even be mirroring-specific,
> I didn't really check the requirements for this functionality yet.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 	Vivien