Re: [PATCH v5 net 0/7] i40e: re-init and UAF fixes

[Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 10:51:54AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On 7/1/26 2:45 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> > v5:
> > - include three new patches to address last Sashiko review
> >   *
> > - do not release the irq lump in rebuild path in patch 7
> > - clear dangling pointers from rx and xdp rings arrays
> > v4:
> > - add preceding patch that fixes a case when some of re-init allocations
> >   failed and we missed de-registering netdev at failure path
> > - pull out i40e_vsi_setup() changes onto separate patch
> > v3:
> > - address UAF when ring arrays were freed before q_vector's ring
> >   containers (Sashiko, Jacob)
> > - remove bool params from alloc/free array routines (Simon)
> > v2:
> > - NULL vsi->tx_rings in i40e_vsi_alloc_arrays() (Sashiko)
> 
> FTR, I'm not 100% sure about the actual target here: the subj prefix
> point to the net tree, but the to recipient is IWL.
> 
> Since this is not sent by Tony, I assume the real target is IWL and
> tentatively set the series to 'Awaiting upstream'. Note that for 'net'
> inclusion you will need an actual, not empty, cover letter.

Yeah should be iwl-net. I assume excitement of satisfying sashiko (sorta)
took over and i messed up target tree.

It's driver-only set so to follow process it should go via Tony...HOWEVER
I am fed up with these changes and the faster they would be accepted the
better for my mental health. But that's a irrelevant side-note.

> 
> /P
>