Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2 0/4] igb: XDP/ZC follow up

Jakub Kicinski
2025-02-21T22:26:51Z

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:53:26 -0500 Joe Damato wrote:
> > No strong preference. If rtnl_lock is not causing any issues
> > in this driver, the we can merge as is. I haven't followed
> > the past discussions, tho.
>
> Don't mean to side-track this thread, but does this mean you've
> changed your mind on the previous virtio_net thread [1] ?
>
> Or maybe I'm just misreading your response there? And instead I
> could re-spin the virtio_net but dropping the first patch and
> dealing with RTNL in the code like this series is doing?
>
> For some reason I was under the impression that the virtio_net
> series and others like it (like this igb series) were being held
> back until locking work Stanislav is doing is done.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250127133756.413efb24@kernel.org/

Yes, you can probably respin v1. Let's not block this.