netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] udp: check for encap using encap

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Message-ID: <7da0e1e0-7814-4179-ba04-d578b380fd8a@novek.ru>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:13:10 +0100
From:   Vadim Fedorenko <vfedorenko@...ek.ru>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
        Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] udp: check for encap using encap_enable

On 12.07.2021 15:05, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-07-12 at 13:32 +0100, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>> On 12.07.2021 09:37, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>>>> Fixes: 60fb9567bf30 ("udp: implement complete book-keeping for encap_needed")
>>>
>>> IMHO this not fix. Which bug are you observing that is addressed here?
>>>
>> I thought that introduction of encap_enabled should go further to switch the
>> code to check this particular flag and leave encap_type as a description of
>> specific type (or subtype) of used encapsulation.
> 
> Than to me it looks more like a refactor than a fix. Is this strictly
> needed by the following patch? if not, I suggest to consider net-next
> as a target for this patch, or even better, drop it altogether.
> 
Looks like it isn't strictly needed for the following patch. Do you think that
such refactor would lead to more harm than benefits provided by clearness of
usage of encap_enable and encap_type fields? I mean why do you think that it's
better to drop it?
Thanks!