netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vrf: remove slave queue and private slave struct

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Message-Id: <20151124.162658.1414383178450357641.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:26:58 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	razor@...ckwall.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	shm@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vrf: remove slave queue and private slave
 struct

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:29:16 +0100

> From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
> 
> The private slave queue and slave struct haven't been used for anything
> and aren't needed, this allows to reduce memory usage and simplify
> enslave/release. We can use netdev_for_each_lower_dev() to free the vrf
> ports when deleting a vrf device. Also if in the future a private struct
> is needed for each slave, it can be implemented via lower devices'
> private member (similar to how bonding does it).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied, thank you.
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