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From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@gmail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net] rtnetlink: Use register_pernet_subsys() in rtnl_net_debug_init().
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:48:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250331154849.GC185681@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250328220453.97138-1-kuniyu@amazon.com>

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 03:04:48PM -0700, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> rtnl_net_debug_init() registers rtnl_net_debug_net_ops by
> register_pernet_device() but calls unregister_pernet_subsys()
> in case register_netdevice_notifier() fails.
> 
> It corrupts pernet_list because first_device is not updated
> in unregister_pernet_device().

Hi Iwashima-san,

Maybe I am confused, but should the above line refer to
unregister_pernet_subsys()?

And perhaps it would be yet clearer to say something like:

It corrupts pernet_list because first_device is not updated
in register_pernet_device() but not unregister_pernet_subsys()?

> 
> Let's fix it by calling register_pernet_subsys() instead.
> 
> The _subsys() one fits better for the use case because it keeps
> the notifier alive until default_device_exit_net(), giving it
> more chance to test NETDEV_UNREGISTER.
> 
> Fixes: 03fa53485659 ("rtnetlink: Add ASSERT_RTNL_NET() placeholder for netdev notifier.")
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>

...

  reply	other threads:[~2025-03-31 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-28 22:04 [PATCH v1 net] rtnetlink: Use register_pernet_subsys() in rtnl_net_debug_init() Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-03-31 15:48 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2025-03-31 18:25   ` Kuniyuki Iwashima

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