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From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>
To: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid race between device unregistration and set_channels
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:04:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7fe79d84-70ba-5bad-58ed-6bfa1a28e555@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <173693410183.5893.12485926901643155644@kwain>

On 15/01/2025 09:41, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> Quoting Edward Cree (2025-01-15 03:51:12)
>> Would __dev_ethtool() need a similar check?
> 
> It doesn't because it calls __dev_get_by_name() and returns -ENODEV in
> case dismantle started.
> 
So, to check I'm understanding correctly - this is because
 ethnl_default_set_doit() calls ethnl_parse_header_dev_get()
 before it takes rtnl, whereas ethtool takes rtnl before it
 calls __dev_get_by_name()?
Subtle enough difference that the commit message should
 probably explain it.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-15 11:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-13 16:18 [PATCH net] net: avoid race between device unregistration and set_channels Antoine Tenart
2025-01-14 10:09 ` Edward Cree
2025-01-14 10:41   ` Antoine Tenart
2025-01-14 19:24 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-01-15  2:51   ` Edward Cree
2025-01-15  9:41     ` Antoine Tenart
2025-01-15 11:04       ` Edward Cree [this message]
2025-01-15 11:12         ` Antoine Tenart
2025-01-15  9:39   ` Antoine Tenart

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