linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] net: bridge: mcast: avoid sleeping on bridge-down

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Message-ID: <20260208114105.GA134356@shredder>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 13:41:05 +0200
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue>
Cc: bridge@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] net: bridge: mcast: avoid sleeping on
 bridge-down

On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 03:52:09AM +0100, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
> index a818fdc22da9..d9d1227d5708 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
> @@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ static int br_dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
>  	netdev_update_features(dev);
>  	netif_start_queue(dev);
>  	br_stp_enable_bridge(br);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&br->multicast_lock);

This wouldn't work when CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING is not set

>  	br_multicast_open(br);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&br->multicast_lock);
>  
>  	if (br_opt_get(br, BROPT_MULTICAST_ENABLED))
>  		br_multicast_join_snoopers(br);