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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, alexander.duyck@gmail.com,
	mkubecek@suse.cz, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: do not perform operations on net devices being unregistered
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:00:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <163883880929.20652.6994089130580113681.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211203101318.435618-1-atenart@kernel.org>

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Fri,  3 Dec 2021 11:13:18 +0100 you wrote:
> There is a short period between a net device starts to be unregistered
> and when it is actually gone. In that time frame ethtool operations
> could still be performed, which might end up in unwanted or undefined
> behaviours[1].
> 
> Do not allow ethtool operations after a net device starts its
> unregistration. This patch targets the netlink part as the ioctl one
> isn't affected: the reference to the net device is taken and the
> operation is executed within an rtnl lock section and the net device
> won't be found after unregister.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ethtool: do not perform operations on net devices being unregistered
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/dde91ccfa25f

You are awesome, thank you!
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-07  1:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-03 10:13 [PATCH net] ethtool: do not perform operations on net devices being unregistered Antoine Tenart
2021-12-06  9:46 ` Julian Wiedmann
2021-12-06 15:15   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-12-07  8:05     ` Antoine Tenart
2021-12-07  9:05     ` Julian Wiedmann
2021-12-07  1:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]

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