netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: hso: do not call unregister if not registered

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Date:   Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:52:58 +0200
From:   Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tuba@....ufl.edu,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, oneukum@...e.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: hso: do not call unregister if not registered

Hi Greg, Tuba,

On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 09:14:33AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 05:00:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:43:23 +0200
> > 
> > > @@ -2366,7 +2366,8 @@ static void hso_free_net_device(struct hso_device *hso_dev, bool bailout)
> > >  
> > >  	remove_net_device(hso_net->parent);
> > >  
> > > -	if (hso_net->net)
> > > +	if (hso_net->net &&
> > > +	    hso_net->net->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
> > >  		unregister_netdev(hso_net->net);
> > >  
> > >  	/* start freeing */
> > 
> > I really want to get out of the habit of drivers testing the internal
> > netdev registration state to make decisions.
> > 
> > Instead, please track this internally.  You know if you registered the
> > device or not, therefore use that to control whether you try to
> > unregister it or not.
> 
> Fair enough.  Tuba, do you want to fix this up in this way, or do you
> recommend that someone else do it?

Do I miss something, or did that possibly fall through the cracks?

I was checking some open issues on a downstream distro side and found
htat this thread did not got a follow-up.

Regards,
Salvatore