linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: change netdev_unregister_timeout

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:07:20 +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-next v2] net: change netdev_unregister_timeout_secs
 min value to 1



On 3/25/21 3:52 PM, 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.
> 
> Also fix the merge issue introduced by
> "net: make unregister netdev warning timeout configurable":
> it changed "refcnt != 1" to "refcnt".
> 
> 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
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - fix merge issue related to refcnt check

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !