linux-kernel - Re: [net PATCH 3/9] octeontx2-af: Do not allocate memory for devlink private

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Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:04:32 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        <lcherian@...vell.com>, <gakula@...vell.com>, <jerinj@...vell.com>,
        <sbhatta@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net PATCH 3/9] octeontx2-af: Do not allocate memory for
 devlink private

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:57:07 +0530 Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> From: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
> 
> Memory for driver private structure rvu_devlink is
> also allocated during devlink_alloc. Hence use
> the allocated memory by devlink_alloc and access it
> by devlink_priv call.
> 
> Fixes: fae06da4("octeontx2-af: Add devlink suppoort to af driver")
> Signed-off-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>

Does it fix any bug? Looks like a coding improvement.