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 219DC288C2F; Mon, 18 May 2026 23:40:13 +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=1779147614; cv=none; b=PDoDjsU5BtcWJpA/6IRfHlxsZ2VV+vQi3+akS8zr21OJVy56QB7jg6PkXNyNe6mmEdt03XjFtClQlDZ35FbGkIQHtn6FfT8w57WscA4TbzuTY9DYGGXYWE03pUrQUADXYaNh+fGwV154vjWR+LwtU8Ujtak5FS+LaPBdYcWPsSI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779147614; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iTr589DozvIngmSVLR2l3PzYKcxJnBYqFPi6SZByA9A=; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-Id:Date:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=P9ihF/hcI6APqjgymFOQjlMD6fUSYq7dOoc3HAcgiaj7WEcmaToTPFtvpGRWKgbkxmakkR4zSrvrU9qnlCtG8mOxu5v/yAV11kHjUjYiPUiX5lownLzQcfdmK8wp66Z4Yy2HrINCXSD8DdfR76H5FKz5n7QiLuIrMGSWTn7/+ys= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=LcCuoIMv; 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="LcCuoIMv" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B25CAC2BCC7; Mon, 18 May 2026 23:40:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1779147613; bh=iTr589DozvIngmSVLR2l3PzYKcxJnBYqFPi6SZByA9A=; h=Subject:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:From; b=LcCuoIMvTsoy0l5ByGAiLAor86+Z+Th3vt3BxyKO9ypoybPMGkv6EjLQqx0FC0soZ mkEs9KTN05D9AL8mFMXda9YRGWfQXELlJB1HvDl54H2MkY5rw4/fv4lkoagD3ivR6h Cm7T8pZi+3VhgeXnUd/tKxBnU8JVc1Qybsb5rKMZTcPINQrEBjtMF2S9BpHV8q3J0f rzSaBXHGssXZkp/4D5Zjpbkm4OcGrc65jvvSp7pwb5acFzqJYGGgWK8HEhu/jiYUfn W09B9EcRL3+U02390cGffqOH0QmzSnUfS9blkYCg4oMLiSFPjFk/6M3EXzU+9ATZ7c m7s9i5Jx5eB2Q== Received: from [10.30.226.235] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-oddjob-rhel9-1.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56A133930CBF; Mon, 18 May 2026 23:40:26 +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 v2] openvswitch: vport: fix race between linking and the device notifier From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Message-Id: <177914762488.2012201.13277593424692251967.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 23:40:24 +0000 References: <20260514184702.2461435-1-i.maximets@ovn.org> In-Reply-To: <20260514184702.2461435-1-i.maximets@ovn.org> To: Ilya Maximets Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, aconole@redhat.com, echaudro@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski : On Thu, 14 May 2026 20:46:31 +0200 you wrote: > Sashiko reports that it is technically possible that we got the device > reference, but by the time we're linking it to the OVS datapath, it > may be already in the process of being deleted. In this case if the > notifier wins the race for RTNL, it will see that the device is not > yet in the OVS datapath (ovs_netdev_get_vport() will fail in the > dp_device_event()) and will do nothing. Then the ovs_netdev_link() > will take the RTNL and link the unregistering device to OVS datapath. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - [net,v2] openvswitch: vport: fix race between linking and the device notifier https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/bae3ee802c21 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html