linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] 6pack: drop redundant locking and refcounting

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:30:09 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] 6pack: drop redundant locking and refcounting

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:10:59 +0800 you wrote:
> The TTY layer already serializes line discipline operations with
> tty->ldisc_sem, so the extra disc_data_lock and refcnt in 6pack
> are unnecessary.
> 
> Removing them simplifies the code and also resolves a lockdep warning
> reported by syzbot. The warning did not indicate a real deadlock, since
> the write-side lock was only taken in process context with hardirqs
> disabled.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] 6pack: drop redundant locking and refcounting
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/38b04ed7072e

You are awesome, thank you!
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