netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: linkwatch: ignore events for unregistered netdevs

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Date:   Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:09:43 +0200
From:   Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Jacky Chou <jackychou@...x.com.tw>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>,
        Philipp Rosenberger <p.rosenberger@...bus.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: linkwatch: ignore events for unregistered netdevs

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 12:05:41PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> But this means that we may still call linkwatch_fire_event() after
> unregister_netdev()!

I meant to say, "we may still call linkwatch_fire_event() after
the state has changed to NETREG_UNREGISTERED".