netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor __dev_alloc

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Message-ID: <20220204115714.3b98451c@hermes.local>
Date:   Fri, 4 Feb 2022 11:57:14 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor __dev_alloc_name() optimization

On Wed,  2 Feb 2022 22:46:09 -0800
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> __dev_alloc_name() allocates a private zeroed page,
> then sets bits in it while iterating through net devices.
> 
> It can use __set_bit() to avoid unecessary locked operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

That looks correct.


Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>