linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: geneve: Leverage core stats allocator

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Message-ID: <20240306194327.GA281974@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:43:27 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: "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,
	dsahern@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: geneve: Leverage core stats allocator

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 09:29:09AM -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 geneve driver and leverage the network
> core allocation instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>