netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ibmvnic: fix race with multiple open/close

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Date:   Sat, 6 Feb 2021 10:45:31 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>, Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Rick Lindsley <ricklind@...ux.ibm.com>, abdhalee@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ibmvnic: fix race with multiple open/close

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:56:52 -0800 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Willem de Bruijn [willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com] wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 12:10 AM Sukadev Bhattiprolu
> > <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:  
> > >
> > > If two or more instances of 'ip link set' commands race and first one
> > > already brings the interface up (or down), the subsequent instances
> > > can simply return without redoing the up/down operation.
> > >
> > > Fixes: ed651a10875f ("ibmvnic: Updated reset handling")
> > > Reported-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ibm.com>
> > > Tested-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ibm.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Changelog[v2] For consistency with ibmvnic_open() use "goto out" and return
> > >               from end of function.  
> > 
> > Did you find the code path that triggers this?  
> 
> Not yet. I need to find time on the system to repro/debug that
> > 
> > In v1 we discussed how the usual ip link path should not call the
> > driver twice based on IFF_UP.  
> 
> Yes, we can hold this patch for now if necessary. Hopefully Patch 1/2 is
> ok.

Patch 1 does not apply to net as is. Please rebase and fix up the
comments the way I fixed them for

 "ibmvnic: Clear failover_pending if unable to schedule"

Thanks!