On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:05:44 +0200 Ido Schimmel wrote: > From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@nvidia.com> > > This patch set contains small and non-functional changes aimed at making > it easier to support nexthop objects in mlxsw. Follow up patches can be > found here [1]. > > Patches #1-#4 add a type field to the nexthop group struct instead of > the existing protocol field. This will be used later on to add a nexthop > object type, which can contain both IPv4 and IPv6 nexthops. > > Patches #5-#7 move the IPv4 FIB info pointer (i.e., 'struct fib_info') > from the nexthop group struct to the route. The pointer will not be > available when the nexthop group is a nexthop object, but it needs to be > accessible to routes regardless. > > Patch #8 is the biggest change, but it is an entirely cosmetic change > and should therefore be easy to review. The motivation and the change > itself are explained in detail in the commit message. > > Patches #9-#12 perform small changes so that two functions that are > currently split between IPv4 and IPv6 could be consolidated in patches > #13 and #14. The functions will be reused for nexthop objects. > > Patch #15 removes an outdated comment.
Pleasant read, applied, thanks!
