netdev - Re: [PATCH] appletalk: Fix potential refcount leak

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Message-ID: <20221024145048.2b679a59@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:50:48 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liang He <windhl@....com>, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] appletalk: Fix potential refcount leak

On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:36:13 -0700 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> IMO appletalk is probably completely broken.
> 
> atalk_routes_lock is not held while other threads might use rt->dev
> and would not expect rt->dev to be changed under them
> (atalk_route_packet() )
> 
> I would vote to remove it completely, unless someone is willing to
> test any change in it.

+1 for killing all of appletalk.

Arnd, I think you suggested the removal in the past as well, or were
you just saying to remove localtalk ?