[Bridge] [PATCH 2/4] net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Mon Apr 13 15:53:35 PDT 2009


From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko at redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:42:02 +0200

> @@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ struct dev_addr_list
>  #define dmi_users	da_users
>  #define dmi_gusers	da_gusers
>  
> +struct hw_addr {
> +	struct list_head	list;
> +	unsigned char		addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
> +	int			refcount;
> +};
> +

Please don't pollute the global namespace with a structure name
like this.  Use "netdev_hw_addr" or "net_hw_addr".

> +static inline int __hw_addr_add(struct list_head *list, unsigned char *addr,
> +				int addr_len)

Please let the compiler inline things as it sees fit.  These
aren't routines in some header file or anything like that.


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