Re: [Patch net-next v2 1/8] net: introduce generic union inet_addr

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Date: Fri,  2 Aug 2013 15:14:27 +0800

> From: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
> 
> Introduce a generic IP address type, union inet_addr, so that
> subsystems don't have to use their own definitions. Because
> netpoll already defines union inet_addr, just move it to global.
> Some of the helper functions will be used by VXLAN IPv6 code too.
> 
> This patch also reuses the "%pIS" specifier, to make it accept
> union inet_addr instead of struct sockaddr.
> 
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>

Changing %pIS to %pIA is pure churn, and of zero value that I can see.

Every time I review this patch set I discover some new thing that I'm
very disappointed with.

You're going to have to stop being so ambitious, and start very small.

Maybe one tiny patch at a time if needed.