netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/13] vxlan: mdb: Factor out a helper for remote entry size calculation

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Message-ID: <7a6e6266-2450-4838-3629-0d3d8d43f11e@blackwall.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:06:54 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, roopa@...dia.com, mlxsw@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/13] vxlan: mdb: Factor out a helper for remote
 entry size calculation

On 10/16/23 16:12, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Currently, netlink notifications are sent for individual remote entries
> and not for the entire MDB entry itself.
> 
> Subsequent patches are going to add MDB get support which will require
> the VXLAN driver to reply with an entire MDB entry.
> 
> Therefore, as a preparation, factor out a helper to calculate the size
> of an individual remote entry. When determining the size of the reply
> this helper will be invoked for each remote entry in the MDB entry.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>