linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] xfrm: Do not allocate stats in the driver

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:54:32 +0100
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
CC: <kuba@...nel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] xfrm: Do not allocate stats in the driver

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 06:41:17AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> With commit 34d21de99cea9 ("net: Move {l,t,d}stats allocation to core and
> convert veth & vrf"), stats allocation could be done on net core
> instead of this driver.
> 
> With this new approach, the driver doesn't have to bother with error
> handling (allocation failure checking, making sure free happens in the
> right spot, etc). This is core responsibility now.
> 
> Remove the allocation in the xfrm driver and leverage the network
> core allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks Breno!