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From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.ibm.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Network Development <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Dany Madden <drt@linux.ibm.com>, Lijun Pan <ljp@linux.ibm.com>,
	Rick Lindsley <ricklind@linux.ibm.com>,
	abdhalee@in.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ibmvnic: fix race with multiple open/close
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:56:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210203205652.GA700270@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+FuTSdRci4=fAza+L_-kUf9VkZnfUhWZ49-XHY8DiRuroSv3Q@mail.gmail.com>

Willem de Bruijn [willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com] wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 12:10 AM Sukadev Bhattiprolu
> <sukadev@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > If two or more instances of 'ip link set' commands race and first one
> > already brings the interface up (or down), the subsequent instances
> > can simply return without redoing the up/down operation.
> >
> > Fixes: ed651a10875f ("ibmvnic: Updated reset handling")
> > Reported-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@in.ibm.com>
> > Tested-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@in.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.ibm.com>
> >
> > ---
> > Changelog[v2] For consistency with ibmvnic_open() use "goto out" and return
> >               from end of function.
> 
> Did you find the code path that triggers this?

Not yet. I need to find time on the system to repro/debug that
> 
> In v1 we discussed how the usual ip link path should not call the
> driver twice based on IFF_UP.

Yes, we can hold this patch for now if necessary. Hopefully Patch 1/2 is
ok.

Sukadev

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-03 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-03  5:06 [PATCH v2 1/2] ibmvnic: fix a race between open and reset Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-02-03  5:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ibmvnic: fix race with multiple open/close Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2021-02-03 18:40   ` Willem de Bruijn
2021-02-03 20:56     ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu [this message]
2021-02-06 18:45       ` Jakub Kicinski

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