Re: [PATCH net-next] net: openvswitch: unexport ovs_vport_alloc/free

From: Aaron Conole

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 07:23:19 EST


Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Since removal of the legacy tunnel port types, there are no more
> users for these functions outside the main openvswitch module.
> Functions to register vport_ops are also not exported. Allocating
> vports without operations doesn't make a lot of sense.
>
> Highlighted by Sashiko as a follow up to the removal of the module
> infrastructure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/openvswitch/vport.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx>