Re: [RFC net-next v3 09/10] net: bridge: mrp: Integrate MRP into the bridge

[Horatiu Vultur]

The 01/25/2020 16:42, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 05:18:27PM +0100, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> > To integrate MRP into the bridge, the bridge needs to do the following:
> > - initialized and destroy the generic netlink used by MRP
> > - detect if the MRP frame was received on a port that is part of a MRP ring. In
> >   case it was not, then forward the frame as usual, otherwise redirect the frame
> >   to the upper layer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/bridge/br.c         | 11 +++++++++++
> >  net/bridge/br_device.c  |  3 +++
> >  net/bridge/br_if.c      |  6 ++++++
> >  net/bridge/br_input.c   | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >  net/bridge/br_private.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >  5 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
> > index b6fe30e3768f..d5e556eed4ba 100644
> > --- a/net/bridge/br.c
> > +++ b/net/bridge/br.c
> > @@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ static int __init br_init(void)
> >       if (err)
> >               goto err_out5;
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_MRP
> > +     err = br_mrp_netlink_init();
> > +     if (err)
> > +             goto err_out6;
> > +#endif
> 
> Please try to avoid #ifdef's like this in C code. Add a stub function
> to br_private_mrp.h.
> 
> If you really cannot avoid #ifdef, please use #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_MRP).
> That expands to
> 
>         if (0) {
> 
>         }
> 
> So the compiler will compile it and then optimize it out. That gives
> us added benefit of build testing, we don't suddenly find the code no
> longer compiles when we enable the option.
> 
> > --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> > +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> > @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
> >  #include <linux/rculist.h>
> >  #include "br_private.h"
> >  #include "br_private_tunnel.h"
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_MRP
> > +#include "br_private_mrp.h"
> > +#endif
> 
> It should always be safe to include a header file.
> 
>    Andrew

Thanks for pointing out these mistakes. I will try to avoid all these
#ifdef's in the next patch series.

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/Horatiu