RE: [PATCH net-next v5 2/4] net: devlink: remove devlink_info_driver_name_put()

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 5:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/4] net: devlink: remove
> devlink_info_driver_name_put()
> 
> Hi Jacob,
> 
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> On Tue. 29 Nov. 2022 at 09:23, Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vincent Mailhol <vincent.mailhol@xxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Vincent
> > > Mailhol
> > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 4:06 PM
> > > To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jakub Kicinski
> > > <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: David S . Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet
> > > <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Arnaud
> Ebalard
> > > <arno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Srujana Challa <schalla@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Kurt
> Kanzenbach
> > > <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>; Florian Fainelli
> > > <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>; Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>; Michael Chan
> > > <michael.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>;
> > > Dimitris Michailidis <dmichail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Yisen Zhuang
> > > <yisen.zhuang@xxxxxxxxxx>; Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> > > <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Linu
> > > Cherian <lcherian@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Geetha sowjanya <gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Jerin Jacob <jerinj@xxxxxxxxxxx>; hariprasad <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Taras Chornyi
> > > <tchornyi@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Leon
> > > Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>; Petr
> > > Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Simon Horman
> <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Shannon Nelson <snelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>; drivers@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ariel Elior
> > > <aelior@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Manish Chopra <manishc@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan
> > > Lemon <jonathan.lemon@xxxxxxxxx>; Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@xxxxxx>;
> > > Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>; Vadim Pasternak
> > > <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Shalom Toledo <shalomt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > > crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > > rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oss-drivers@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Jiri Pirko
> > > <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Hao
> Chen
> > > <chenhao288@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Guangbin Huang
> > > <huangguangbin2@xxxxxxxxxx>; Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Shijith Thotton <sthotton@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Vincent Mailhol
> > > <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 2/4] net: devlink: remove
> > > devlink_info_driver_name_put()
> > >
> > > Now that the core sets the driver name attribute, drivers are not
> > > supposed to call devlink_info_driver_name_put() anymore. Remove it.
> > >
> >
> > You could combine this patch with the previous one so that in the event of a
> cherry-pick its not possible to have this function while the core inserts the driver
> name automatically.
> >
> > I think that also makes it very clear that there are no remaining in-tree drivers
> still calling the function.
> >
> > I don't have a strong preference if we prefer it being separated.
> 
> The first patch is already pretty long. I do not expect this to be
> cherry-picked because it does not fix any existing bug (and if people
> really want to cherry pick, then they just have to cherry pick both).
> On the contrary, splitting makes it easier to review, I think.
> 
> Unless the maintainers as me to squash, I want to keep it as-is.
> 

That works for me!

Thanks,
Jake

> 
> Yours sincerely,
> Vincent Mailhol




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