netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: move the tc

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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:06:00 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, richardbgobert@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: move the tc_ext comparison to a helper

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 10:44:49AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:23:21 +0200 Simon Horman wrote:
> > I like your patch, and I think it is a good improvement,
> > but I find the patch description slightly confusing.
> > 
> > In my understanding of things this patch is doing two things:
> > 
> > 1) Moving code into a helper
> > 2) Eliminating a check on CONFIG_SKB_EXTENSIONS,
> >    presumably because it is selected by NET_TC_SKB_EXT.
> 
> Ah, I thought removing the check for CONFIG_SKB_EXTENSIONS
> is not worth mentioning. The double ifdefs I was talking about 
> was the fact that we need an ifdef both around the variable
> declarations and the comparisons themselves.

Ok, now I understand. Looks good :)