Re: [PATCH net RESEND] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches

Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:26:14 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.rdma,gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:02:00 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.

Why do we need a per-device kmem_cache?
Isn't the right fix to make this driver-level state?