netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 net-next-2.6] vlan: Precise RX stats accounting

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Message-Id: <20091117.235323.15113392.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:23 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 net-next-2.6] vlan: Precise RX stats accounting

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:53:09 +0100

> Given that vlan_setup(struct net_device *) is void and cannot
> return error status, unless using a global variable (ugly),
> or changing all setup() prototypes (oh well...)
> 
> One possibility is to perform the allocation in vlan_dev_init()
> (called from register_netdevice()), and freeing it in vlan_dev_uninit().

That looks fine.

> [PATCH net-next-2.6 take2] vlan: Precise RX stats accounting
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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