Re: [PATCH net-next v5 05/22] ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 06:08:09PM CET, mkubecek@suse.cz wrote:
>Basic genetlink and init infrastructure for the netlink interface, register
>genetlink family "ethtool". Introduce CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK Kconfig
>option. Add interface description into Documentation/networking.
>
>Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
>---

[...]


>diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
>new file mode 100644
>index 000000000000..85dd6dac71a2
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
>@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
>+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note
>+
>+#include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
>+#include "netlink.h"
>+
>+/* genetlink setup */
>+
>+static const struct genl_ops ethtool_genl_ops[] = {

Please be consistent with prefixes. Either use "ethtool_" or "ethnl_"
for all functions and variables in this code.


>+};
>+
>+struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family = {
>+	.hdrsize	= 0,
>+	.name		= ETHTOOL_GENL_NAME,
>+	.version	= ETHTOOL_GENL_VERSION,
>+	.netnsok	= true,
>+	.parallel_ops	= true,
>+	.ops		= ethtool_genl_ops,
>+	.n_ops		= ARRAY_SIZE(ethtool_genl_ops),
>+};
>+
>+/* module setup */
>+
>+static int __init ethnl_init(void)
>+{
>+	int ret;
>+
>+	ret = genl_register_family(&ethtool_genl_family);
>+	if (WARN(ret < 0, "ethtool: genetlink family registration failed"))

Why do you need this warning? Please avoid it.


>+		return ret;
>+
>+	return 0;
>+}
>+
>+subsys_initcall(ethnl_init);
>diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
>new file mode 100644
>index 000000000000..63063b582ca2
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
>@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
>+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
>+
>+#ifndef _NET_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H
>+#define _NET_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H
>+
>+#include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
>+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
>+#include <net/genetlink.h>
>+
>+extern struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
>+
>+#endif /* _NET_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H */
>-- 
>2.21.0
>