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Date:   Wed, 1 Nov 2023 22:07:30 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net,v2] hv_netvsc: fix race of netvsc and VF
 register_netdevice
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:22:34 -0700 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> And, move register_netdevice_notifier() earlier, so the call back
> function is set before probing.

Are you sure you need this? I thought the netdev notifier "replays"
registration events (i.e. sends "fake" events for already present
netdevs).

If I'm wrong this should still be a separate patch from the rtnl
reorder.
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