Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] gve: Add flow steering ethtool support

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 20:16:11 -0700

On Thu, 9 May 2024 17:19:00 -0700 Ziwei Xiao wrote:
> > How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management
> > at such source code places?
> >  
> Is the suggestion to combine dev_hold(netdev) together with
> rtnl_unlock()? If so, I think there might be different usages for
> using rtnl_unlock. For example, some drivers will call rtnl_unlock
> after dev_close(netdev). Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you!

We are rather cautious about adoption of the scope-based resource
management in networking. Don't let Markus lead you astray.