On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:59:40 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> > > Currently the model of netdevsim is a bit odd in multiple ways. > 1) devlink instance is not in any way related with actual netdevsim > netdevices. Instead, it is created per-namespace. > 2) multi-port netdevsim device is done using "link" attribute. > 3) netdevsim bus is there only to have something to bind the netdev to, > it really does not act as a bus. > 4) netdevsim instances are created by "ip link add" which is great for > soft devices with no hw backend. The rtnl core allocates netdev and > calls into driver holding rtnl mutex. For hw-backed devices, this > flow is wrong as it breaks order in which things are done. > > This patchset adjust netdevsim to fix all above.
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicin...@netronome.com>
