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 org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-rdma
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?