Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: Add dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl() helper

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:11:34 -0800 Breno Leitao wrote:
> +static bool dev_comp_addr(struct net_device *dev,
> +			  unsigned short type,
> +			  const char *ha)

Weird indentation.

static bool 
dev_comp_addr(struct net_device *dev,  unsigned short type, const char *ha)

or

static bool dev_comp_addr(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
			  const char *ha)

> +{
> +	if (dev->type == type && !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len))
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return false;

	return dev->type == type && !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len);

> +}

> +/**
> + *	dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl - find a device by its hardware address

I guess Eric suggested the _rtnl() suffix, tho it's quite uncommon.
Most function are either function() or function_rcu() in networking.

> + *	@net: the applicable net namespace
> + *	@type: media type of device
> + *	@ha: hardware address
> + *
> + *	Similar to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(), but, the owner needs to hold

unnecessary , after but

> + *	RTNL.

rtnl_lock. RTNL is short for RTNetLink

> + *

document the return value kdoc style:

	Return: pointer to the net_device, or NULL if not found

> + */
> +struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
> +					const char *ha)

You missed adding this to a header file?