netdev - Re: [PATCH net,v4, 3/3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode

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Message-ID: <20231115155258.5b3f360b@hermes.local>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:52:58 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc: linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kys@...rosoft.com,
 wei.liu@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net,v4, 3/3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing
 it to user-mode

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:39:00 -0800
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com> wrote:

> +static int netvsc_prepare_slave(struct net_device *vf_netdev)

It would be good to not introduce another instance of non-inclusive naming in network code.
Please think of a better term. Can't change IFF_SLAVE but the rest could change.