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Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dsa: Export dev_to_net_device()

From David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dsa: Export dev_to_net_device()
Date 2017-01-11 03:30 +0100
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From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:12:32 -0800

> @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ struct mii_bus *dsa_host_dev_to_mii_bus(struct device *dev)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dsa_host_dev_to_mii_bus);
>  
> -static struct net_device *dev_to_net_device(struct device *dev)
> +struct net_device *dev_to_net_device(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct device *d;
>  
> @@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ static struct net_device *dev_to_net_device(struct device *dev)
>  
>  	return NULL;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_to_net_device);

Something like this, a public interface with a very high level generic name,
doesn't belong in the DSA layer.  It belongs in net/core/dev.c or something
like that.

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[PATCH net-next 0/8] net: dsa: Support for pdata in dsa2 Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2017-01-10 21:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 22:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2017-01-10 22:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: dsa: Add support for platform data Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 23:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 7/8] net: phy: Allow pre-declaration of MDIO devices Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dsa: Export dev_to_net_device() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dsa: Export dev_to_net_device() David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-01-11 03:30 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: dsa: Pass device pointer to dsa_register_switch Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 3/8] net: dsa: Suffix function manipulating device_node with _dn Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 4/8] net: dsa: Move ports assignment closer to error checking Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100
  [PATCH net-next 2/8] net: dsa: Make most functions take a dsa_port argument Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 21:20 +0100

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