On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 09:16:40 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > I was wondering why the llc code was getting compiled and it turned out
> > to be because I had bridging enabled. It turns out to only needs it for
> > a single function (llc_mac_hdr_init).
> > +static inline int llc_mac_hdr_init(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > + const unsigned char *sa, const unsigned char *da)
> > +{
> > + int rc = -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + switch (skb->dev->type) {
> > + case ARPHRD_ETHER:
> > + case ARPHRD_LOOPBACK:
> > + rc = dev_hard_header(skb, skb->dev, ETH_P_802_2, da, sa,
> > + skb->len);
> > + if (rc > 0)
> > + rc = 0;
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + return rc;
> > +}
> > +
> >
nit: extra new line
> > -int llc_mac_hdr_init(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > - const unsigned char *sa, const unsigned char *da)
> > -{
> > - int rc = -EINVAL;
> > -
> > - switch (skb->dev->type) {
> > - case ARPHRD_ETHER:
> > - case ARPHRD_LOOPBACK:
> > - rc = dev_hard_header(skb, skb->dev, ETH_P_802_2, da, sa,
> > - skb->len);
> > - if (rc > 0)
> > - rc = 0;
> > - break;
> > - default:
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - return rc;
> > -}
There's also an EXPORT somewhere in this file that has to go.
> > /**
> > * llc_build_and_send_ui_pkt - unitdata request interface for upper layers
> > * @sap: sap to use
>
> You may break other uses of LLC.
>
> Why not open code as different function. I used the llc stuff because there
> were multiple copies of same code (DRY).
I didn't quite get what you mean, Stephen, would you mind restating?
