David Ahern wrote:
> On 2/22/18 6:02 AM, Serhey Popovych wrote:
>> Introduce new @struct iplink_parse_args data structure to consolidate
>> arguments to iplink_parse(). This will reduce number of arguments
>> passed to it.
>>
>> Pass this data structure to ->parse_opt() in iplink specific modules:
>> it may be used to get network device name and other information.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popov...@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  ip/ip_common.h           |   16 +++++++++++++---
>>  ip/iplink.c              |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  ip/iplink_bond.c         |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_bond_slave.c   |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_bridge.c       |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_bridge_slave.c |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_can.c          |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_geneve.c       |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_hsr.c          |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_ipoib.c        |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_ipvlan.c       |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_macvlan.c      |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_vlan.c         |    4 +++-
>>  ip/iplink_vrf.c          |    5 ++++-
>>  ip/iplink_vxcan.c        |   14 ++++++--------
>>  ip/iplink_vxlan.c        |    4 +++-
>>  ip/ipmacsec.c            |    4 +++-
>>  ip/link_gre.c            |    6 ++++--
>>  ip/link_gre6.c           |    6 ++++--
>>  ip/link_ip6tnl.c         |    6 ++++--
>>  ip/link_iptnl.c          |    6 ++++--
>>  ip/link_veth.c           |   14 ++++++--------
>>  ip/link_vti.c            |    6 ++++--
>>  ip/link_vti6.c           |    6 ++++--
>>  24 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Seems like a lot of churn for no benefit.

Real benefit at the moment: reduce number of parameters in function
iplink_parse() that has trend to grow. Someone needs something in
->parse_opt() that is in netlink buffer. How to provide this best?

In my opinion is to add field to struct rather than argument to a function.

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