netdev - Re: [patch net-next 15/15] devlink: save devlink_port_ops into a variable in devlink_port_function

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Message-ID: <20230525082933.5196ae3d@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 08:29:33 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next 15/15] devlink: save devlink_port_ops into a
 variable in devlink_port_function_validate()

On Thu, 25 May 2023 07:58:09 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >I was kinda expected last patch will remove the !ops checks.
> >Another series comes after this to convert more drivers?  
> 
> Well, there are still drivers that don't use the port at all ops. I can
> have them register with empty struct if you like, no strong opinition. I
> can do that as follow-up (this set has 15 patches already anyway). Let
> me know.

Hm. Or maybe we can hook in an empty ops struct in the core when driver
passes NULL? No strong preference.