linux-kernel - Re: [net v2] net: dsa: microchip: fix race condition

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Date:   Tue, 6 Oct 2020 18:30:57 +0200
From:   Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
CC:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net v2] net: dsa: microchip: fix race condition

On Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 18:21:25 CEST, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 05:56:51PM +0200, Christian Eggers wrote:
> > - Checking for mib_read_interval in ksz_switch_remove() can be obmitted,
> >   as the condition is always true when ksz_switch_remove() is called.
> 
> If there's an error in the probe path, I expect that the
> mib_read_interval will not get set, and the delayed workqueue will not
> be scheduled, will it? So I think the check is ok there.

If think that ksz_switch_remove() will not be called at all if there is an 
error in the probe path. In all other cases, the work should be queued.

Regards
Christian