netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 08/10] net: mscc: ocelot: register devlink ports

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Message-ID: <20210109180121.7b1ed217@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sat, 9 Jan 2021 18:01:21 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        alexandru.marginean@....com, claudiu.manoil@....com,
        xiaoliang.yang_1@....com, hongbo.wang@....com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        idosch@...sch.org, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 08/10] net: mscc: ocelot: register devlink
 ports

On Fri,  8 Jan 2021 19:59:48 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> Add devlink integration into the mscc_ocelot switchdev driver. Only the
> probed interfaces are registered with devlink, because for convenience,
> struct devlink_port was included into struct ocelot_port_private, which
> is only initialized for the ports that are used.

This sounds like something that DSA should have a general policy on.
I actually feel like it was discussed in the past.. Do you know what
other drivers do?