While testing KNI with netvsc, saw lots of places more code could be safely removed from KNI kernel driver.
v6 - more updates to documentation v5 - add minimal ethtool, fix checkpath author complaints v4 - add more style fixes v3 - rebase to current master, add style fix patch v2 - get rid of unnecessary padding, combine the unused field patches Stephen Hemminger (9): 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 kni: fix style issues kni: add minimal ethtool doc: update KNI documentation .../prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 9 +- .../sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 24 +++-- kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h | 20 ++-- kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c | 18 ++-- kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 100 +++++++----------- lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c | 38 +++---- 6 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1
