On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:32:24PM -0400, Dennis Dalessandro wrote: > We need to do some rework on the dummy netdev. Calling the free_netdev() would > normally make sense, and that will be addressed in an upcoming patch. For now > just revert the behavior to what it was before keeping the unused variable > removal part of the patch. > > The dd->dumm_netdev is mainly used for packet receiving through > NAPI. Consequently, it is allocated with kcalloc_node instead of > alloc_netdev_mqs for typical net devices. Gross - make sure your rework allocates netdevs using alloc_netdev. Jason
