netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth

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Message-ID: <20210419141601.531b2efd@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:16:01 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, john@...ozen.org,
        nbd@....name, sean.wang@...iatek.com, Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com,
        dqfext@...il.com, frank-w@...lic-files.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: missing mutex

On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:11:44 +0200 Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Patch 2ed37183abb7 ("netfilter: flowtable: separate replace, destroy and
> stats to different workqueues") splits the workqueue per event type. Add
> a mutex to serialize updates.
> 
> Fixes: 502e84e2382d ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: add flow offloading support")
> Reported-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>

This driver doesn't set unlocked_driver_cb, why is it expected to take
any locks? I thought the contract is that caller should hold rtnl.