netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: libwx: support hardware statistics

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:27:30 +0800
From: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
To: "'Stephen Hemminger'" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<andrew@...n.ch>,
	<mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: libwx: support hardware statistics

On Monday, September 18, 2023 11:23 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:21:06 +0800
> Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com> wrote:
> 
> > +
> > +struct wx_stats {
> > +	char stat_string[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
> > +	int type;
> > +	int sizeof_stat;
> > +	int stat_offset;
> > +};
> 
> Type here is an enum. Therefore for type safety you should use that
> enum for the type field rather than int.
> 
> Since offset and size can never be negative, why not use offset_t and size_t instead.
> 

Do you mean off_t ?