netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 00/13] net: fix netdev to devlink

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 10:29:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, tariqt@...dia.com, moshe@...dia.com,
        saeedm@...dia.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 00/13] net: fix netdev to devlink_port
 linkage and expose to user

On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:42:35 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Currently, the info about linkage from netdev to the related
> devlink_port instance is done using ndo_get_devlink_port().
> This is not sufficient, as it is up to the driver to implement it and
> some of them don't do that. Also it leads to a lot of unnecessary
> boilerplate code in all the drivers.

Sorry about the late nit picks, the other patches look good.
Nice cleanup!