netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: remove .ndo_change_proto

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Message-Id: <163767060855.14930.6658373290474957799.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:30:08 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us,
        atenart@...nel.org, aroulin@...ulusnetworks.com, roopa@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: remove .ndo_change_proto_down

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:24:47 -0800 you wrote:
> .ndo_change_proto_down was added seemingly to enable out-of-tree
> implementations. Over 2.5yrs later we still have no real users
> upstream. Hardwire the generic implementation for now, we can
> revert once real users materialize. (rocker is a test vehicle,
> not a user.)
> 
> We need to drop the optimization on the sysfs side, because
> unlike ndos priv_flags will be changed at runtime, so we'd
> need READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE everywhere..
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] net: remove .ndo_change_proto_down
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2106efda785b

You are awesome, thank you!
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