On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:05:42 -0700 Florian Fainelli wrote: > > @@ -533,8 +534,11 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab) > > > > irq_grp->ab = ab; > > irq_grp->grp_id = i; > > - init_dummy_netdev(&irq_grp->napi_ndev); > > - netif_napi_add(&irq_grp->napi_ndev, &irq_grp->napi, > > + irq_grp->napi_ndev = alloc_netdev(0, "dummy", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, > > + init_dummy_netdev); > > Is not this going to be a problem with multiple network device drivers > loaded in a given system and all using "dummy" here? While > NET_NAME_UNKNOWN ensures that this is not exposed to user-space, there > is still this part of alloc_netdev_mqs() which is going to be non-unique: > > ref_tracker_dir_init(&dev->refcnt_tracker, 128, name); Names are allocated are registration time, I think, so basically all devices will get an non-uniquely named ref tracker dir. For ethernet it will be unconverted "eth%d". The name only shows up in some prints, AFAICT, so not very important?
