netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] r8169: mark device as detached in PCI D3 and improve locking

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20200622152704.429c5d19@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:27:04 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] r8169: mark device as detached in PCI D3
 and improve locking

On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:33:39 +0200 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Mark the netdevice as detached whenever parent is in PCI D3hot and not
> accessible. This mainly applies to runtime-suspend state.
> In addition take RTNL lock in suspend calls, this allows to remove
> the driver-specific mutex and improve PM callbacks in general.

Not an expert on PM but looks like a nice improvement to me:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>