linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/10] pds_core: Various improvements and AQ race condition cleanup

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:44:23 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
Cc: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <shannon.nelson@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/10] pds_core: Various improvements and AQ
 race condition cleanup

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:42:45 -0800 Brett Creeley wrote:
> This series includes the following changes:
> 
> There can be many users of the pds_core's adminq. This includes
> pds_core's uses and any clients that depend on it. When the pds_core
> device goes through a reset for any reason the adminq is freed
> and reconfigured. There are some gaps in the current implementation
> that will cause crashes during reset if any of the previously mentioned
> users of the adminq attempt to use it after it's been freed.
> 
> Issues around how resets are handled, specifically regarding the driver's
> error handlers.

Patches 1, 2 and 4 look like fixes. Is there any reason these are
targeting net-next? If someone deploys this device at scale rare
things will happen a lot..