netdev - Re: [PATCH 12/16] virtio_net: introduce virtnet_get

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:22:03 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/16] virtio_net: introduce virtnet_get_netdev()

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:28:43 +0800 Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> +const struct net_device_ops *virtnet_get_netdev(void)
> +{
> +	return &virtnet_netdev;
> +}

Why not just make the virtnet_netdev symbol visible?
Many drivers do that.

If you prefer the function maybe virtnet_get_ndos() would be a better
name for example? The current name sounds like it will get a... well..
a netdev. And it gets ops.