netdev - Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 1/4] rtnetlink: add new helper rtnl_configure_link

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Message-ID: <20220930160150.GD10057@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:01:50 +0200
From:   Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>,
        Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 1/4] rtnetlink: add new helper
 rtnl_configure_link_notify()

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 04:22:19PM +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 30/09/2022 à 11:45, Hangbin Liu a écrit :
> > -int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm)
> > +static int rtnl_configure_link_notify(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
> > +				      struct nlmsghdr *nlh, u32 pid)
> But not here. Following patches also use this order instead of the previous one.
> For consistency, it could be good to keep the same order everywhere.

Yes, since a v6 will be necessary anyway, let's be consistent about the
order of parameters. That helps reading the code.

While there, I'd prefer to use 'portid' instead of 'pid'. I know
rtnetlink.c uses both, but 'portid' is more explicit and is what
af_netlink.c generally uses.