netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/8] net: bridge: rename fdb_insert to fdb_add

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Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:31:41 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/8] net: bridge: rename fdb_insert to
 fdb_add_local

On 26/10/2021 17:27, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> fdb_insert() is not a descriptive name for this function, and also easy
> to confuse with __br_fdb_add(), fdb_add_entry(), br_fdb_update().
> Even more confusingly, it is not even related in any way with those
> functions, neither one calls the other.
> 
> Since fdb_insert() basically deals with the creation of a BR_FDB_LOCAL
> entry and is called only from functions where that is the intention:
> 
> - br_fdb_changeaddr
> - br_fdb_change_mac_address
> - br_fdb_insert
> 
> then rename it to fdb_add_local(), because its removal counterpart is
> called fdb_delete_local().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Indeed, the naming was confusing.
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>