netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lan966x: Add spinlock for frame transmission from CPU.

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Date:   Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:00:14 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lan966x: Add spinlock for frame transmission
 from CPU.

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:29:04 +0100 you wrote:
> The registers used to inject a frame to one of the ports is shared
> between all the net devices. Therefore, there can be race conditions for
> accessing the registers when two processes send frames at the same time
> on different ports.
> 
> To fix this, add a spinlock around the function
> 'lan966x_port_ifh_xmit()'.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: lan966x: Add spinlock for frame transmission from CPU.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0dbdf819f4c1

You are awesome, thank you!
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