While testing KNI with netvsc, saw lots of places more code could be safely removed from KNI kernel driver.
This is still mostly "putting lipstick on a pig" all users would be better off using virtio_user rather than KNI. v2 - get rid of unnecessary padding, combine the unused field patches Stephen Hemminger (7): kni: don't need stubs for rx_mode or ioctl kni: use netdev_alloc_skb kni: don't keep stats in kni_net kni: drop unused fields kni: use proper type for kni fifo's kni: return -EFAULT if copy_from_user fails doc: update KNI documentation .../sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 18 ++--- kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h | 21 ++--- kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c | 17 ++-- kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 79 +++++-------------- 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1
