Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6/sit: Do not allocate stats in the driver

From: Simon Horman
Date: Thu Feb 22 2024 - 08:36:21 EST


On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 08:17:32AM -0800, 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 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 ipv6/sit driver and leverage the network
> core allocation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>