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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 0/3] net: dsa: Complete and fix the dsa unbinding
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On 09/30/2015 07:43 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 30/09/15 01:21, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>> In order to cleanly unbind the dsa core, either as a module removal,
>> or a platform device unbind, switch the allocation the their devm_
>> counterparts and complete the destroy functions.
>>
>> The last patch is an experimental way to exit the probe when no
>> switch is found in the discover process.
>>
>> The patches are based on the current net-next.
>
> I looked at the patches and they bring DSA in a better direction. For
> future submissions, could you CC people who recently worked on DSA, like
> Andrew Lunn, Guenter Roeck, Vivien Didelot and myself? We can typically
> give your patches a try fairly quickly.
>
> In case you are seriously considering making DSA a loadable module,
> there were an earlier attempt here:
>
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/345803
>
> Thanks!
>
>>
>> Neil Armstrong (3):
>> net: dsa: Use devm_ prefixed allocations
>> net: dsa: complete dsa_switch_destroy calls
>> net: dsa: exit probe if no switch were found
>>
>> net/dsa/dsa.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>> 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>
>
Hi All,

Thanks for the tests and reviews.

My first intent is to make dynamic unbind/bind reliable, the reliable loadable module support
is a more complex target, but starting with unbind is a simpler start.

Should I re-post with the missing people, the Tested-by & without the RFC tag ?

Regards,
Neil



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