Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device

Jakub Kicinski
2024-12-11T01:52:39Z

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:56:27 -0400 Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > struct siw_device {
> > struct ib_device base_dev;
> > - struct net_device *netdev;
> > struct siw_dev_cap attrs;
> >
> > u32 vendor_part_id;
> > + struct {
> > + int ifindex;
>
> ifindex is only stable so long as you are holding a reference on the
> netdev..

Does not compute. Can you elaborate what you mean, Jason?