linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: hsr: Setup and delete proxy prune timer only when RedBox is enabled

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Message-ID: <20240515095035.1c6a8e47@wsk>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 09:50:35 +0200
From: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Vladimir Oltean
 <olteanv@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Oleksij
 Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com, Ravi
 Gunasekaran <r-gunasekaran@...com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Nikita
 Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>, Murali Karicheri
 <m-karicheri2@...com>, Arvid Brodin <Arvid.Brodin@...n.com>, Dan Carpenter
 <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>,
 Casper Andersson <casper.casan@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: hsr: Setup and delete proxy prune timer only when
 RedBox is enabled

Hi Sebastian,

> On 2024-05-15 09:09:04 [+0200], Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,  
> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> > My concern is only with resource allocation - when RedBox is not
> > enabled the resources for this particular, not used timer are
> > allocated anyway.  
> 
> timer_setup() does not allocate any resources. The initialisation is
> pure static assignment. The timer subsystem does not look at this
> timer until mod_timer() is invoked (or something similar).

Thanks for the clarification.

Considering the above - please just drop this patch.

> 
> > If this can be omitted - then we can drop the patch.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Lukasz Majewski  
> 
> Sebastian

Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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