Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 16:41:17 +0000
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 08:29:07AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Sun,  4 Sep 2022 22:00:25 +0300
> > Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Support the "dsa" kind of rtnl_link_ops exported by the kernel, and
> > > export reads/writes to IFLA_DSA_MASTER.
> > > 
> > > Examples:
> > > 
> > > $ ip link set swp0 type dsa master eth1
> > > 
> > > $ ip -d link show dev swp0
> > >     (...)
> > >     dsa master eth0
> > > 
> > > $ ip -d -j link show swp0
> > > [
> > > 	{
> > > 		"link": "eth1",
> > > 		"linkinfo": {
> > > 			"info_kind": "dsa",
> > > 			"info_data": {
> > > 				"master": "eth1"
> > > 			}
> > > 		},
> > > 	}
> > > ]
> > > 
> > > Note that by construction and as shown in the example, the IFLA_LINK
> > > reported by a DSA user port is identical to what is reported through
> > > IFLA_DSA_MASTER. However IFLA_LINK is not writable, and overloading its
> > > meaning to make it writable would clash with other users of IFLA_LINK
> > > (vlan etc) for which writing this property does not make sense.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
> > > ---  
> > 
> > Using the term master is an unfortunate choice.
> > Although it is common practice in Linux it is not part of any
> > current standard and goes against the Linux Foundation non-inclusive
> > naming policy.  
> 
> Concretely, what is it that you propose?

Maybe "switch" instead of "master"?