netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] tools: ynl-gen: store recursive nests by a pointer

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Message-ID: <m2plz93uo2.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:11:57 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,  netdev@...r.kernel.org,  edumazet@...gle.com,
  pabeni@...hat.com,  nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,  jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] tools: ynl-gen: store recursive nests by a
 pointer

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> To avoid infinite nesting store recursive structs by pointer.
> If recursive struct is placed in the op directly - the first
> instance can be stored by value. That makes the code much
> less of a pain for majority of practical uses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>