Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: Change TCA_ACT_* to TCA_ID_* to match that of TCA_ID_POLICE

[Simon Horman]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
> Modify the kernel users of the TCA_ACT_* macros to use TCA_ID_*. For
> example, use TCA_ID_GACT instead of TCA_ACT_GACT. This will align with
> TCA_ID_POLICE and also differentiates these identifier, used in struct
> tc_action_ops type field, from other macros starting with TCA_ACT_.
> 
> To make things clearer, we name the enum defining the TCA_ID_*
> identifiers and also change the "type" field of struct tc_action to
> id.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> index 7ab55f97e7c4..51a0496f78ea 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ enum {
>  #define TCA_ACT_SAMPLE 26
>  
>  /* Action type identifiers*/
> -enum {
> +enum tca_id {
>  	TCA_ID_UNSPEC = 0,
>  	TCA_ID_POLICE = 1,
>  	TCA_ID_GACT = TCA_ACT_GACT,

This change updates the UAPI. It seems to me that it would not
break existing users. But I would like to ask if this has been
given due consideration.

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