On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2/13/25 9:36 AM, Xiao Liang wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > >>> diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h > >>> index 523025106a64..0f7281e3e448 100644 > >>> --- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h > >>> +++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h > >>> @@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ static inline void macvlan_count_rx(const struct macvlan_dev *vlan, > >>> > >>> extern void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev); > >>> > >>> -extern int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, > >>> - struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[], > >>> +struct rtnl_newlink_params; > >> > >> You can just include <net/rtnetlink.h> and remove it from .c > >> files, then this forward declaration will be unnecessary. > > > > OK. Was not sure if it's desirable to include include/net files from > > include/linux. > > I think we are better of with the forward declaration instead of adding > more intra header dependencies, which will slow down the build and will > produces artifacts in the CI runs (increases of reported warning in the > incremental build, as any warns from the included header will be > 'propagated' to more files). > > >>> +extern int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net_device *dev, > >>> + struct rtnl_newlink_params *params, > >>> struct netlink_ext_ack *extack); > >>> > >>> extern void macvlan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head); > >> > >> > >> [...] > >>> diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h > >>> index bc0069a8b6ea..00c086ca0c11 100644 > >>> --- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h > >>> +++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h > >>> @@ -69,6 +69,42 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh) > >>> return AF_UNSPEC; > >>> } > >>> > >>> +/** > >>> + * struct rtnl_newlink_params - parameters of rtnl_link_ops::newlink() > >> > >> The '\t' after '*' should be single '\s'. > >> > >> Same for lines below. > > > > This is copied from other structs in the same file. Should I change it? > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.2/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L376 > > In this series, just use the good formatting for the new code. Got it. Thanks. > > Thanks, > > Paolo >