linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] ipvlan: Make the addrs

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Message-ID: <aUE_4PUVISMm4ycL@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:17:52 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Dmitry Skorodumov <skorodumov.dmitry@...wei.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@...il.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>,
	Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>,
	Julian Vetter <julian@...er-limits.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	Etienne Champetier <champetier.etienne@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 08:00:52PM +0300, Dmitry Skorodumov wrote:
> I'm working currently on some selftests/net for ipvtap for some kind of test (test calls "ip a a/ip a d" in several threads), but I'm unsure how to proceed:
> 
> This patch is supposed to be a "fix". But selftest - obviously not a fix.
> 
> So, I'm unsure how to send a selftest for this.

Hi Dmitry,

I think that in cases like this - a fix coupled with a selftest for the
fixed problem - both the fix and the selftest can be included in a
patch-set targeted at net.