netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/15] ice: Add new VSI states to track netdev alloc/registration

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:39:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net,
        Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/15] ice: Add new VSI states to track netdev
 alloc/registration

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:30:01 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
> From: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
> 
> Add two new VSI states, one to track if a netdev for the VSI has been
> allocated and the other to track if the netdev has been registered.
> Call unregister_netdev/free_netdev only when the corresponding state
> bits are set.

Why? netdev already has a reg_state member.
You can also assign a NULL to the pointer to indicate it was freed.