Re: [PATCH net-next] net: loopback: Do not allocate tstats explicitly

From: Sabrina Dubroca
Date: Mon Apr 29 2024 - 09:47:35 EST


(nit on the subject: you mention "tstats", but the code actually uses
lstats. I guess that's not worth a v2)

2024-04-29, 01:55:58 -0700, 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 in 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 loopback driver and leverage the network
> core allocation instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Sabrina