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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:00:54 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming@...el.com,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevice: define and allocate &net_device
_properly_
On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 11:13:21AM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 11:10:35 -0700
>
> > On Tue, 7 May 2024 14:39:37 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> >> There are several instances of the structure embedded into other
> >> structures, but also there's ongoing effort to remove them and we
> >> could in the meantime declare &net_device properly.
> >
> > Is there a reason you're reposting this before that effort is completed?
>
> To speed up the conversion probably :D
>
> > The warnings this adds come from sparse and you think they should be
> > ignored?
>
> For now...
>
> >
> > TBH since Breno is doing the heavy lifting of changing the embedders
> > it'd seem more fair to me if he got to send this at the end. Or at
> > least, you know, got a mention or a CC.
>
> I was lazy enough to add tags, sorry. The idea of him sending this at
> the end sounds reasonable.
I think we are almost at the time to get rid of the last user of
embedded netdev.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240614115317.657700-1-leitao@debian.org/
Once that patch lands, I will submit this patch on top of that final
fix.
Let me know if you have any concern.
--breno
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