linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: gtp: Leverage core stats allocator

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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 16:38:33 +0100
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	horms@...nel.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
	"open list:GTP (GPRS Tunneling Protocol)" <osmocom-net-gprs@...ts.osmocom.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: gtp: Leverage core stats allocator

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 04:15:21AM -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 in 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 gtp driver and leverage the network
> core allocation instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>

Thanks, this was on my list.