netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/10] udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers with shared tables

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Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:23:54 +0000
From:   "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To:     "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/10] udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers with
 shared tables

On Fri, 2020-09-25 at 17:56 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> This set converts Intel drivers which have the ability to spawn
> multiple netdevs, but have only one UDP tunnel port table.
> 
> Appropriate support is added to the core infra in patch 1,
> followed by netdevsim support and a selftest.
> 
> The table sharing works by core attaching the same table
> structure to all devices sharing the table. This means the
> reference count has to accommodate potentially large values.
> 
> Once core is ready i40e and ice are converted. These are
> complex drivers, but we got a tested-by from Aaron, so we
> should be good :)
> 
Hi Dave,

Since we've finished our testing and reviews, do you want to pull this
series or would you like me to re-send it as a pull request now that
the email issue is fixed?

Thanks,
Tony