# Re: \[PATCH net-next v2 07/10\] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device

- From: Jakub Kicinski \<kuba@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-02-28 23:01:40 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2026/02/8535549
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/02/8535523/t.md

```text
On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:34:19 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> -	dev_warn(port->devlink->dev, "Type was not set for devlink port.");
> +	if (port->devlink->dev)
> +		dev_warn(port->devlink->dev,
> +			 "Type was not set for devlink port.");

since I'm already nit-picking - maybe we should have a helper for this
case an pr_warn() the message if dev is NULL?
```