Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:56:27 -0400 Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >  struct siw_device {
> >  	struct ib_device base_dev;
> > -	struct net_device *netdev;
> >  	struct siw_dev_cap attrs;
> >  
> >  	u32 vendor_part_id;
> > +	struct {
> > +		int ifindex;  
> 
> ifindex is only stable so long as you are holding a reference on the
> netdev..

Does not compute. Can you elaborate what you mean, Jason?