Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] net: bridge: Publish bridge accessor functions

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On 27/04/18 19:08, Petr Machata wrote:
> Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> On 27/04/18 18:11, Ido Schimmel wrote:
>>> From: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Add a couple new functions to allow querying FDB and vlan settings of a
>>> bridge.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/if_bridge.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  net/bridge/br_fdb.c       | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  net/bridge/br_private.h   | 11 +++++++++++
>>>  net/bridge/br_vlan.c      | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  4 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
>>>
>>
>> Thanks! This looks good to me although the new exported helpers could've
>> taken both bridge or port and return the result. Usually when adding a
>> port-only functions we name them with nbp_ prefix instead of br_.
>>
>> Anyway this can be done later since the API is internal,
> 
> The idea is that the API would accept both ports and bridges, but
> currently there's no user for the parts that I didn't code up--it would
> be a dead code. It's super simple to extend these if/when there are
> clients, e.g.:
> 
> modified   net/bridge/br_vlan.c
> @@ -1155,7 +1155,10 @@ int br_vlan_pvid_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev, u16 *p_pvid)
>  	struct net_bridge_vlan_group *vg;
>  
>  	ASSERT_RTNL();
> -	if (netif_is_bridge_master(dev))
> +	p = br_port_get_check_rtnl(dev);
> +	if (p)
> +		vg = nbp_vlan_group(p);
> +	else if (netif_is_bridge_master(dev))
>  		vg = br_vlan_group(netdev_priv(dev));
>  	else
>  		return -EINVAL;
> 
> I can post a follow-up with the renames if you prefer that.
> 
> Thanks,
> Petr
> 

I know, that's why I said it can be done later. :-)  No need to do it
now, it was only a comment based on other accessors in the bridge code
and for completeness. I'm very happy with this version and have
acked/reviewed it.

Cheers,
 Nik




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