netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "netdevsim: Add multi-queue support"

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:11:13 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Cong Wang ." <cong.wang@...edance.com>,
        Peilin Ye <peilin.ye@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "netdevsim: Add multi-queue support"

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:39 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This reverts commit d4861fc6be581561d6964700110a4dede54da6a6.
>
> netdevsim is for enabling upstream tests, two weeks in
> and there's no sign of upstream test using the "mutli-queue"
> option.

Since when netdevsim is *only* for upstream tests? Even if so,
where is this documented? And why not just point it out when
reviewing it instead of silently waiting for weeks?

>
> We can add this option back when such test materializes.
> Right now it's dead code.

It is clearly not dead. We internally used it for testing sch_mq,
this is clearly stated in the git log. How did you draw such a
conclusion without talking to authors?

But this does remind me of using netdevsim for tc-testing.

Thanks.