linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: change netdev_unregister_timeout

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:34:36 +0100
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, edumazet@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: change netdev_unregister_timeout_secs min value to 1



On 3/25/21 11:31 AM, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> netdev_unregister_timeout_secs=0 can lead to printing the
> "waiting for dev to become free" message every jiffy.
> This is too frequent and unnecessary.
> Set the min value to 1 second.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Fixes: 5aa3afe107d9 ("net: make unregister netdev warning timeout configurable")
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---

Please respin your patch, and fix the merge issue [1]

For networking patches it is customary to tell if its for net or net-next tree.

[1]
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4bb6dcdbed8b856c03dc4af8b7fafe08984e803f..7bb00b8b86c6494c033cf57460f96ff3adebe081 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10431,7 +10431,7 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
 
                refcnt = netdev_refcnt_read(dev);
 
-               if (refcnt &&
+               if (refcnt != 1 &&
                    time_after(jiffies, warning_time +
                               netdev_unregister_timeout_secs * HZ)) {
                        pr_emerg("unregister_netdevice: waiting for %s to become free. Usage count = %d\n",