Re: [PATCH net-next v12 03/13] netdev: support binding dma-buf to netdevice

Markus Elfring
2024-06-14T08:38:21Z

…
> +++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
…
> int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> {
…
> + rtnl_lock();
> +
> + netdev = __dev_get_by_index(genl_info_net(info), ifindex);
…
> +err_unlock:
> + rtnl_unlock();
> + return err;
> }
…

Would you become interested to apply another lock guard?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc3/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L124

Will scope-based resource management become more attractive
(also for the current source code adjustment)?

Regards,
Markus