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

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Message-Id: <20200928.124908.1653966555661157280.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:49:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/10] udp_tunnel: convert Intel drivers
 with shared tables

From: "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:23:54 +0000

> 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?

I'll take it in myself, thanks Tony.