RE: [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: dsa: split dsa_port's netdev member

[Vivien Didelot]

Hi David,

David Laight <david.lai...@aculab.com> writes:

> From: Florian Fainelli
>> Sent: 13 October 2017 00:05
> ...
>> How about using:
>> 
>>      union {
>>              struct net_device *master;
>>              struct net_device *slave;
>>      } netdev;
> ...
>
> You can remove the 'netdev' all the compilers support unnamed unions.

There are issues with older GCC versions, see the commit 42275bd8fcb3
("switchdev: don't use anonymous union on switchdev attr/obj structs")

That's why I kept it in the v2 I sent.


Thanks,

        Vivien