linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v4 03/10] octeontx2-pf: Create representor netdev

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Message-ID: <20240509202808.26e960a7@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 20:28:08 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <davem@...emloft.net>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 <sgoutham@...vell.com>, <sbhatta@...vell.com>, <hkelam@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 03/10] octeontx2-pf: Create representor
 netdev

On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:09:14 +0530 Geetha sowjanya wrote:
> +	priv->reps = devm_kcalloc(priv->dev, rep_cnt, sizeof(struct rep_dev *),
> +				  GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!priv->reps)
> +		return -ENOMEM;

using devm_ here is pointless, the objects are not tied to the lifetime
of the device (there can be created multiple times) and you have to
unregister the netdevs manually, anyway.