Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] bnxt_en: tc: only the function prototypes need to be wrapped in #ifdef
From: David Miller
Date: Fri Oct 06 2017 - 22:01:08 EST
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:27:31 -0700
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> There is no reason to wrap the data structures inside the ifdef.
>
> What's so bad about wrapping unused data structures inside #ifdef?
> These structures are only used if CONFIG_BNXT_FLOWER_OFFLOAD is
> defined.
Yeah I agree, this ifdef is actually a good way to trap unintentional
usage of those datastructures so it's doubly best to keep the ifdef.