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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:26:14 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net RESEND] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software
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On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:02:00 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.

Why do we need a per-device kmem_cache?
Isn't the right fix to make this driver-level state?