On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:01:03PM -0500, Shiraz Saleem wrote: > +/* Following APIs are implemented by core PCI driver */ > +struct iidc_core_ops { > + /* APIs to allocate resources such as VEB, VSI, Doorbell queues, > + * completion queues, Tx/Rx queues, etc... > + */ > + int (*alloc_res)(struct iidc_core_dev_info *cdev_info, > + struct iidc_res *res, > + int partial_acceptable); > + int (*free_res)(struct iidc_core_dev_info *cdev_info, > + struct iidc_res *res); > + > + int (*request_reset)(struct iidc_core_dev_info *cdev_info, > + enum iidc_reset_type reset_type); > + > + int (*update_vport_filter)(struct iidc_core_dev_info *cdev_info, > + u16 vport_id, bool enable); > + int (*vc_send)(struct iidc_core_dev_info *cdev_info, u32 vf_id, u8 *msg, > + u16 len); > +}; What is this? There is only one implementation: static const struct iidc_core_ops ops = { .alloc_res = ice_cdev_info_alloc_res, .free_res = ice_cdev_info_free_res, .request_reset = ice_cdev_info_request_reset, .update_vport_filter = ice_cdev_info_update_vsi_filter, .vc_send = ice_cdev_info_vc_send, }; So export and call the functions directly. We just had this very same discussion with Broadcom. I notice there is no module dependency between irdma and the ethernet driver because the above ops are avoiding it. This entire idea was already NAK'd once: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20180522203831.20624-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx/ So please remove it. Jason