Re: [PATCH net-next v7 02/11] rtnetlink: Pack newlink() params into struct

Xiao Liang <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jan 2025 16:36:26 +0800

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On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat,  4 Jan 2025 20:57:23 +0800 Xiao Liang wrote:
> > -static int amt_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
> > -                    struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
> > -                    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> > +static int amt_newlink(struct rtnl_newlink_params *params)
> >  {
> > -     struct amt_dev *amt = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack = params->extack;
> > +     struct net_device *dev = params->dev;
> > +     struct nlattr **data = params->data;
> > +     struct nlattr **tb = params->tb;
> > +     struct net *net = params->net;
> > +     struct amt_dev *amt;
>
> IMHO you packed a little too much into the struct.
> Could you take the dev and the extack back out?

Sure. I thought you were suggesting packing them all
in review of v3...