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devlink: introduce __devlink_alloc() with dev driver pointer
authorJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:04:01 +0000 (11:04 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:08:48 +0000 (13:08 -0700)
commiteb32a6310a7bcc6b26087a1a93981d3593aa17ea
tree967a5b279b5ab676596bb6fcae66b051d4898368
parent089aeb4f2218ee0d7b53930e9f04a061240ce0f0
devlink: introduce __devlink_alloc() with dev driver pointer

Introduce __devlink_alloc() as an internal devlink allocator that
accepts a struct device_driver pointer and stores it in the devlink
instance. This allows internal devlink code (e.g. shared instances)
to associate a driver with a devlink instance without need to pass dev
pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260312100407.551173-8-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/devlink/core.c
net/devlink/devl_internal.h