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>,
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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
next prev 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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