Re: [PATCH net-next 03/10] net: macsec: move some definitions in a dedicated header

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Wed Jan 23 2019 - 15:11:49 EST


On 1/23/19 7:56 AM, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> This patch moves some structure, type and identifier definitions into a
> MACsec specific header. This patch does not modify how the MACsec code
> is running and only move things around. This is a preparation for the
> future MACsec hardware offloading support, which will re-use those
> definitions outside macsec.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/macsec.c | 164 +--------------------------------------
> include/net/macsec.h | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/net/macsec.h
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
> index 56e354305f76..c3a138dd4386 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
> @@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
> #include <net/sock.h>
> #include <net/gro_cells.h>
>
> +#include <net/macsec.h>
> #include <uapi/linux/if_macsec.h>

I would probably go with include/linux/if_macsec.h and have
uapi/linux/if_macsec.h include that file directly. This would be
consistent with other types of network interfaces: bridge, vlan etc.
--
Florian