linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add devm version of alloc_etherdev

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Message-Id: <20170129.192434.339228303342526617.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:24:34 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     zajec5@...il.com
Cc:     pablo@...filter.org, andrew@...n.ch, joe@...ches.com,
        tom@...bertland.com, aduyck@...antis.com, brouer@...hat.com,
        jarod@...hat.com, sd@...asysnail.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rafal@...ecki.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add devm version of alloc_etherdev_mqs
 function

From: Rafa┅ Mi┅ecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:15:42 +0100

> From: Rafa┅ Mi┅ecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> 
> This patch adds devm_alloc_etherdev_mqs function and devm_alloc_etherdev
> macro. These can be used for simpler netdev allocation without having to
> care about calling free_netdev.
> 
> Thanks to this change drivers, their error paths and removal paths may
> get simpler by a bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafa┅ Mi┅ecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>

This looks fine, thanks.