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From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, kvalo@kernel.org,
	dennis.dalessandro@cornelisnetworks.com,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
	Coco Li <lixiaoyan@google.com>,
	"open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>,
	RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: create a dummy net_device allocator
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:01:55 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240402180155.GM11187@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240327200809.512867-1-leitao@debian.org>

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 01:08:04PM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> It is impossible to use init_dummy_netdev together with alloc_netdev()
> as the 'setup' argument.

<...>

> Also, create a helper to allocate and initialize dummy net devices,
> leveraging init_dummy_netdev_core() as the setup argument. 

<...>

> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

Exciting read for people who remember this conversation:
"""
> I prefer to see some new wrapper over plain alloc_netdev, which will
> create this dummy netdevice. For example, alloc_dummy_netdev(...).

Nope, no bona fide APIs for hacky uses.
"""
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20240311112532.71f1cb35@kernel.org/

Thanks

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-04-02 18:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-27 20:08 [PATCH net-next] net: create a dummy net_device allocator Breno Leitao
2024-03-27 23:17 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-03-28 14:57   ` Alexander Lobakin
2024-03-28 15:02 ` Alexander Lobakin
2024-03-28 17:10   ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-03-28 17:46     ` Breno Leitao
2024-03-28 17:40   ` Breno Leitao
2024-04-02 18:01 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2024-04-02 18:17   ` Jakub Kicinski

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