linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] macsec: add support for IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD in macsec

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 10:18:39 +0000
From:   Emeel Hakim <ehakim@...dia.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sd@...asysnail.net" <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        "atenart@...nel.org" <atenart@...nel.org>,
        "jiri@...nulli.us" <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] macsec: add support for
 IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD in macsec_changelink



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] macsec: add support for
> IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD in macsec_changelink
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> On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 18:32:44 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I think you're just moving this code, but still.
> 
> And by "by still" I mean - it's still a bug, so it needs to be fixed first.

The code added by those patches does not use the rtnl_lock, the lock is just getting moved as part of sharing similar code,
but the new code is still not using it, I don’t think those  patches need to wait until a fix of an existing locking issue as long
as the new code is not inserting any bugs.