netdev - Re: [net 0/4][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-11-10

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Message-ID: <87blg28i4z.fsf@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:55:24 -0800
From:   Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net 0/4][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-11-10

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:
>
> Pulled, thanks!
>
> Please double check the use of the spin lock in patch 3. Stats are
> updated in an atomic context when read from /proc, you probably need 
> to convert that spin lock to _bh.

I just did some tests with lockdep enabled, reading from /proc/net/dev
in a loop, and everything seems fine. Am I missing something?


Cheers,
-- 
Vinicius