Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:20:12PM CET, sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 12:11:08PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 11:44:14AM CET, sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 11:23:07AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> >> >-static const struct ethtool_ops default_ethtool_ops;
>> >> >+const struct ethtool_ops default_ethtool_ops;
>> >> >+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_ethtool_ops);
>> >>
>> >> I think that default_ethtool_ops should stay static. Wouldn't it be
>> >> nicer to introduce a helper like:
>> >>
>> >> bool dev_has_default_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *dev)
>> >> {
>> >> return dev->ethtool_ops == &default_ethtool_ops;
>> >> }
>> >
>> >Then I still have to export this function. So with your approch, number
>> >of exported symbols will be the same, but there will be few more lines
>> >of code.
>>
>> I think it's always better to add few more lines in order to prevent possible
>> confusion which exporting default_ethtool_ops might introduce...
>
>What possible confusion it might cause?
Someone would possibly like to do:
dev->netdev_ops = &default_ethtool_ops
in drivers for example...
+ I just do not think that exporting structs is the correct way in order
to do anything.
>
>Stanislaw
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