Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: drop some VLAs in switch.c

[Salvatore Mesoraca]

2018-05-08 11:39 GMT+02:00 David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Salvatore Mesoraca
>> Sent: 07 May 2018 20:03
> ...
>> This optimization will save us an allocation when number of ports is
>> less than 32 or 64 (depending on arch).
>> IMHO it's useful, if you consider that, right now, DSA works only with
>> 12-ports switches.
>
> Why not just error out if the number of ports is greater than the compile-time
> limit?
>
> Worry about dynamic allocation if you need a lot more than 64 ports.

v1 has been NAK-ed by maintainers because they don't want limits on how
many ports a switch can have.

Salvatore