netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] macsec: reference counting fixes

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] macsec: reference counting fixes

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:37:52 +0200

> Patch 1 adds explicit reference counting on RXSCs, instead of the
> current implicit reference counting using the RXSA's refcount.
> 
> Patch 2 fixes possible kernel panics during module unload caused by an
> RCU callback that schedules another RCU callback, which the
> rcu_barrier() added in b196c22af5c3 ("macsec: add rcu_barrier() on
> module exit") didn't protect against.
> 
> Patch 3 fixes a refcounting issue with the underlying device for a
> macsec device when link creation fails.

Series applied, thanks Sabrina.