netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/4] ethernet: Add helper for assigning packet type when dest address does not match device address

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:03:02 -0700
From: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
To: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski
 <kuba@...nel.org>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Gal Pressman
 <gal@...dia.com>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Yossi Kuperman
 <yossiku@...dia.com>, Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>, Cosmin Ratiu
 <cratiu@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/4] ethernet: Add helper for assigning packet
 type when dest address does not match device address

On Tue, 23 Apr, 2024 15:51:28 +0200 Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net> wrote:
> 2024-04-19, 14:30:17 -0700, Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
>> Enable reuse of logic in eth_type_trans for determining packet type.
>> 
>> Suggested-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/etherdevice.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  net/ethernet/eth.c          | 12 +-----------
>>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> index 224645f17c33..f5868ac69dec 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> @@ -607,6 +607,30 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_gen(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *base_addr,
>>  	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
>>  }
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * eth_skb_pkt_type - Assign packet type if destination address does not match
>> + * @skb: Assigned a packet type if address does not match @dev address
>> + * @dev: Network device used to compare packet address against
>> + *
>> + * If the destination MAC address of the packet does not match the network
>> + * device address, assign an appropriate packet type.
>> + */
>> +static inline void eth_skb_pkt_type(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>
> Could you make dev const? Otherwise the series looks good to me.

Good catch. Will do.

--
Thanks,

Rahul Rameshbabu