RE: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH net-next 1/2] vxlan: Do not alloc tstats manually

[Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta]

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>From: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH net-next 1/2] vxlan: Do not alloc tstats manually
>
>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 vxlan driver and leverage the network
>core allocation instead.
>
>Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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