linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v3 3/4] octeon_ep_vf: fix race conditions in ndo_get

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Message-ID: <20241219192156.71b3075c@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:21:56 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <hgani@...vell.com>, <sedara@...vell.com>, <vimleshk@...vell.com>,
 <thaller@...hat.com>, <wizhao@...hat.com>, <kheib@...hat.com>,
 <konguyen@...hat.com>, <horms@...nel.org>, <einstein.xue@...axg.com>,
 Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>, Satananda Burla
 <sburla@...vell.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 3/4] octeon_ep_vf: fix race conditions in
 ndo_get_stats64

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:51:10 -0800 Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> ndo_get_stats64() can race with ndo_stop(), which frees input and
> output queue resources. Call synchornize_net() in ndo_stop()

synchronize_net() here..

> +	synchronize_rcu();
>  	netdev_info(netdev, "Stopping the device ...\n");

.. but not in the code
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