netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: Do not register devlink for unused ports

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Message-Id: <20180518.120904.2177695334432964567.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 18 May 2018 12:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: Do not register devlink for unused
 ports

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:55:39 -0700

> Even if commit 1d27732f411d ("net: dsa: setup and teardown ports") indicated
> that registering a devlink instance for unused ports is not a problem, and this
> is true, this can be confusing nonetheless, so let's not do it.
> 
> Fixes: 1d27732f411d ("net: dsa: setup and teardown ports")
> Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!