netdev - Re: [PATCH 23/38] cls_api: Convert tcf

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Date:   Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:52:05 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/38] cls_api: Convert tcf_net to XArray

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 04:57:28PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
> > 
> > This module doesn't use the allocating functionality; convert it to a
> > plain XArray instead of an allocating one.  I've left struct tcf_net
> > in place in case more objects are added to it in future, although
> > it now only contains an XArray.  We don't need to call xa_destroy()
> > if the array is empty, so I've removed the contents of tcf_net_exit()
> > -- if it can be called with entries still in place, then it shoud call
> > xa_destroy() instead.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> 
> I don't know if the net exit can be invoked with entires still in place,
> however if the tcf_net_exit() function is made empty it should be removed
> along with the assignment to the per-netns ops.

Thanks!  I wasn't sure what the rule was for these ops.  I'll fix that up.