From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E867155326 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771377624; cv=none; b=YHUYIdRI+559zYw/r711Cu7H7TfpR6c5igGKmDdf11EjRV3bPs1/7mbJyREOCucnjG+q3GVNQWSgVw284BOPC9SURQKgZilqZ7gCVSDZSPIQ4LpIzyxJK2ATK/s3aKeapUhm/dtcL7kOIAG/NvXTKCAbXqDTQeYsDIuxBQ0p/BY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771377624; c=relaxed/simple; bh=I0GtwqHJ8QMz2Jkw/APQloNWThwma1wOJ86habJxsWw=; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-Id:Date:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=usKt5dgg2pIQ30GZ7igXWJe1doe4F9wRNzwY2IMNKlH6fdBiwbrc9G6LDgkmvC4ypyhVQvBRg/E011rp6WM3LC4VG/VUN7/TT1edhSefmRDPR7l9ACuUTaGy3sCtQxo860DYxkR1S+qPPijzqnR+hGZyjJ1b6kuZiLnBLO+nMP8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=dv3THNiI; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="dv3THNiI" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1098BC4CEF7; Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:20:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1771377624; bh=I0GtwqHJ8QMz2Jkw/APQloNWThwma1wOJ86habJxsWw=; h=Subject:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:From; b=dv3THNiIb14uSkbOmCG2nIvdYC6AbWE8djKPNda85Yo5sGz2JpfkW7z2hVf9/oFJs A7KQhS5c/T4epVqiObb8msXPRLZvU6MsPSmrHxqgj1NOZzrUDXst9sxb9fau76+0bw bVmLnoWTH02O4T5Vh5RztFg2yUJf+W+9HT+Q5iyHskxYvhCAUzFQs5Lt4/lfXHeTFS 3OcLFCpYooc29yoP/c7djqPZvhIRk707sWJoF8FPj4FTLWloXWqxz99mTHV9vBhH+U FCsu8wgqvpmoO2+2oeuP+bREIgxkD6q4no4flPe0nYa1P47mg665nc5KTjtgt2ib/d pJiQBK5enPd2Q== Received: from [10.30.226.235] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-oddjob-rhel9-1.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B09E3806667; Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PATCH net] macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Message-Id: <177137761558.765825.17298600822935264186.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:20:15 +0000 References: <20260213142557.3059043-1-edumazet@google.com> In-Reply-To: <20260213142557.3059043-1-edumazet@google.com> To: Eric Dumazet Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, sec@valis.email Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski : On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:25:57 +0000 you wrote: > valis reported that a race condition still happens after my prior patch. > > macvlan_common_newlink() might have made @dev visible before > detecting an error, and its caller will directly call free_netdev(dev). > > We must respect an RCU period, either in macvlan or the core networking > stack. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - [net] macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/e3f000f0dee1 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html