netdev - Re: [patch net-next rfc 02/15] netdevsim: create devlink instance per netdevsim instance

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Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 07:41:04 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next rfc 02/15] netdevsim: create devlink instance
 per netdevsim instance

Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 04:24:24AM CEST, dsahern@...il.com wrote:
>On 4/13/19 10:20 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> Currently there is one devlink instance created per network namespace.
>> That is quite odd considering the fact that devlink instance should
>> represent an ASIC. The following patches are going to move the devlink
>> instance even more down to a bus device, but until then, have one
>> devlink instance per netdevsim instance. Struct nsim_devlink is
>> introduced to hold fib setting.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.c   | 179 +++++++++++-------------------
>>  drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c       | 103 +++++++----------
>>  drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c    |  27 ++---
>>  drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h |  18 +--
>>  4 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
>
>you are making a lot of changes to how fib events are handled and not
>explaining what you are doing.

They are handled in the exact same way. This is just about devlink
instance. Will add that to description.