netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/5] net: lan966x: Fix issues with MAC table

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Date:   Sat, 16 Jul 2022 20:10:45 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/5] net: lan966x: Fix issues with MAC table

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 09:40:35PM +0200, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> The patch series fixes 2 issues:
> - when an entry was forgotten the irq thread was holding a spin lock and then
>   was talking also rtnl_lock.
> - the access to the HW MAC table is indirect, so the access to the HW MAC
>   table was not synchronized, which means that there could be race conditions.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>