Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] IB/hfi1: Do not use custom stat allocator

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Sun May 05 2024 - 10:10:49 EST


On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 04:13:31AM -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 hfi1 driver and leverage the network
> core allocation instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_main.c | 19 +++----------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Please use rdma-next in the PATCH subject line, when sending patches for RDMA.

Thanks