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

From: Sabrina Dubroca <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:47:05 +0200

(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 <[email-masked]>

Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <[email-masked]>

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Sabrina