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Message-Id: <20141229.232507.2086816594770925202.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:25:07 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wen.gang.wang@...cle.com
Cc:	cwang@...pensource.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: move ipoib_header_ops to vmlinux

From: Wengang <wen.gang.wang@...cle.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:01:42 +0800

> There are more than one way we do things. For this case, considering
> needs, complexity and stability I think moving ipoib_header_ops is the
> right way to go.

I completely disagree, it's a gross hack at best.

It's papering over the real problem.

When we have references to released objects in other areas of the
networking stack, we don't move those objects into the static kernel
image as a fix.
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