netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rds: tcp: remove register_netdevice

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:21:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com,
        ktkhai@...tuozzo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rds: tcp: remove register_netdevice_notifier
 infrastructure.

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:52:48 -0700

> The netns deletion path does not need to wait for all net_devices
> to be unregistered before dismantling rds_tcp state for the netns
> (we are able to dismantle this state on module unload even when
> all net_devices are active so there is no dependency here).
> 
> This patch removes code related to netdevice notifiers and
> refactors all the code needed to dismantle rds_tcp state
> into a ->exit callback for the pernet_operations used with
> register_pernet_device().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

Applied.