netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6/sit: Do not allocate stats in the driver

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Message-ID: <20240222133609.GC960874@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:36:09 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6/sit: Do not allocate stats in the driver

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 08:17:32AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> With commit 34d21de99cea9 ("net: Move {l,t,d}stats allocation to core and
> convert veth & vrf"), stats allocation could be done on net core
> instead of this driver.
> 
> With this new approach, the driver doesn't have to bother with error
> handling (allocation failure checking, making sure free happens in the
> right spot, etc). This is core responsibility now.
> 
> Remove the allocation in the ipv6/sit driver and leverage the network
> core allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>