netdev - Re: [BUG/Q] can_pernet_exit() leaves devices on dead net

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Date:   Mon, 2 Apr 2018 18:36:44 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>, mkl@...gutronix.de
Cc:     linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...herer.org
Subject: Re: [BUG/Q] can_pernet_exit() leaves devices on dead net

Hi, Oliver,

On 02.04.2018 18:28, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Hi Kirill, Marc,
> 
> I checked the code once more and added some debug output to the other parts in CAN notifier code.
> 
> In fact the code pointed to by both of you seems to be obsolete as I only wanted to be 'really sure' that no leftovers of the CAN filters at module unloading.
> 
> 
>> Yes, this one looks good:
>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-can&m=150169589119335&w=2
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kirill
>>
> 
> I was obviously too cautious ;-)
> 
> All tests I made resulted in the function iterating through all the CAN netdevices doing exactly nothing.
> 
> I'm fine with removing that stuff - but I'm not sure whether it's worth to push that patch to stable 4.12+ or even before 4.12 (without namespace support - and removing rcu_barrier() too).
> 
> Any opinions?

I think the same -- it's not need for stable as there is just iteration over empty list, i.e., noop.

Kirill