RE: [PATCH] rtase: Avoid sleeping in get_stats64()

[Justin Lai <justinlai0215@realtek.com>]

> From: Justin Lai <justinlai0215@realtek.com>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 14:24:47 +0800
> 
> > The .ndo_get_stats64 callback must not sleep because it can be called
> > when reading /proc/net/dev.
> >
> > rtase_get_stats64() calls rtase_dump_tally_counter(), which polls the
> > tally counter dump bit with read_poll_timeout(). This may sleep while
> > waiting for the hardware counter dump to complete.
> >
> > Use read_poll_timeout_atomic() instead to avoid sleeping in the
> > get_stats64() path.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Justin Lai <justinlai0215@realtek.com>
> 
> Looks legit.
> 
> One question: for how long can this poll for in real life scenarios? Up to ~1 ms
> is okay-ish for atomic, but if longer, then you'd better to split it into shorter
> polls and reschedule() time to time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Olek

Hi Olek,
 
Thanks for the review.
 
On our test platform, the tally dump operation typically
completes in about 25 us. The 250 us timeout is a
conservative value.
 
I'll add the Fixes tag and resend this patch targeting
the net tree.
 
Thanks,
Justin