linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

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Message-ID: <0650f0ec-51ce-70ee-cd8a-6620f0c9eea8@citrix.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:27:20 +0000
From:   Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@...rix.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        <jgross@...e.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen-netfront: Fix race between device setup and open

On 01/11/2018 04:08 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@...rix.com>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:49:07 +0000
> 
>> I've now added CC'd netdev on the other two.
> 
> That doesn't work.
> 
> If you don't post the originals explicitly to netdev then it won't
> get properly queued in patchwork.
> 

The series fixes two crashes when using netfront. The first is actually 
fixed in Xen common code, not netfront, which is why I only CC'd netdev 
on the second. I can resend the originals to netdev if you want but IMO 
it is not necessary.

-- 
Ross Lagerwall