netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] nexthop: Assert the invariant that a NH group is of only one type

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:10:35 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] nexthop: Assert the invariant that a NH
 group is of only one type

On 1/28/21 5:49 AM, Petr Machata wrote:
> Most of the code that deals with nexthop groups relies on the fact that the
> group is of exactly one well-known type. Currently there is only one type,
> "mpath", but as more next-hop group types come, it becomes desirable to
> have a central place where the setting is validated. Introduce such place
> into nexthop_create_group(), such that the check is done before the code
> that relies on that invariant is invoked.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>