On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:42:47 +0100 Przemek Kitszel wrote: > > If we are worried about misuse we should instead add an accessor > > for "individual" (better name welcome) instance and WARN_ON() > > when devlink_priv() is used in the shared setup. > > that would require the same amount of code as this patch (curr ver) > has, only with WARN_ON() instead proper value (IOW: we detect what > developer wanted, and give them big warning instead)
I guess I don't understand why you're so certain that you know what the developer wanted. I'm of the opinion that the "individual" devlink instances should not exist at all. Y'all want them, and claim to have use cases for them. And yet, it is somehow not valid to get their priv.
