From: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:11:17 -0700
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:59:40 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> From: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]> >> >> Currently the model of netdevsim is a bit odd in multiple ways. >> 1) devlink instance is not in any way related with actual netdevsim >> netdevices. Instead, it is created per-namespace. >> 2) multi-port netdevsim device is done using "link" attribute. >> 3) netdevsim bus is there only to have something to bind the netdev to, >> it really does not act as a bus. >> 4) netdevsim instances are created by "ip link add" which is great for >> soft devices with no hw backend. The rtnl core allocates netdev and >> calls into driver holding rtnl mutex. For hw-backed devices, this >> flow is wrong as it breaks order in which things are done. >> >> This patchset adjust netdevsim to fix all above. > > Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Series applied, thanks everyone.
