Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:38:36 +0100

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 November 2009, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>> --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>>> @@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
>>>  
>>>  #define MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE    (1 << BITS_PER_BYTE)
>>>  
>>> -enum macvlan_type {
>>> -     MACVLAN_PRIVATE         = 1,
>>> -     MACVLAN_VEPA            = 2,
>>> -     MACVLAN_BRIDGE          = 4,
>>> -};
>> I realize you defined MACVLAN_PRIVATE in patch 2, but used MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE,
>> so patch 2 is not compilable and breaks bisection ?
>>
> 
> Hmm, right. I'll fix that up as well.

> +enum ifla_macvlan_mode {
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE = 1, /* don't talk to other macvlans */
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA    = 2, /* talk to other ports through ext bridge */
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE  = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
> +};

Please also keep the enum named something without ifla_ since
the mode values themselves are not netlink attributes. Just
macvlan_mode seems fine.