netdev - RE: [PATCH] net: ipmr: Call ipmr_ioctl() directly from ipmr_sk

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Message-ID: <64c7fcfa3d428_17de01294e8@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:27:06 -0400
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@...il.com>, 
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, 
 Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: ipmr: Call ipmr_ioctl() directly from
 ipmr_sk_ioctl()

Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> Call ipmr_ioctl()/ip6mr_ioctl() directly from ipmr_sk_ioctl()/ip6mr_sk_ioctl()
> and avoid sk_prot->ioctl function pointer indirection.
> 
> Also, delete the sock_ioctl_inout() helper as it is no longer needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mroute6.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  include/net/sock.h      |  2 --
>  net/core/sock.c         | 20 --------------------
>  net/ipv4/ipmr.c         | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

The helper function does save some LoC, it seems.

My comment came during review of the series. Now that that is in,
fine to leave as is, imho.