netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 08/11] devlink: introduce set of macros and use it for split ops definitions

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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:57:45 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, moshe@...dia.com, saeedm@...dia.com,
 idosch@...dia.com, petrm@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 08/11] devlink: introduce set of macros and
 use it for split ops definitions

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:21:52 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >If you want to use split ops extensively please use the nlspec
> >and generate the table automatically. Integrating closer with
> >the spec will have many benefits.  
> 
> Yeah, I was thinging about it, it just didn't seem necessary. Okay, will
> check that out.
> 
> Btw, does that mean that any split-ops usage would require generated
> code? If yes, could you please document that somewhere, probably near
> the struct?

I wrote it somewhere, probably the commit messages for the split ops.
The tools are not 100% ready for partial generation I don't want to
force everyone to do code gen. But the homegrown macros in every family
are a no go.