On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:51:48 -0700 Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 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(-) > Don't believe patchwork the patch is fine, it is getting falsely blamed for failures caused by other changes in ice, bnxt which fail FreeBSD build.
