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

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Date:   Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:24:24 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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

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.