netdev - Re: [patch net-next 0/8] devlink: make sure devlink port registers/unregisters only for registered instance

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Message-ID: <20221206121226.21de7ca3@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 12:12:26 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/8] devlink: make sure devlink port
 registers/unregisters only for registered instance

On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 08:44:16 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> I didn't reply because I don't have much to add beyond what 
>> I've already said too many times. I prefer to move to my
>> initial full refcounting / full locking design. I haven't posted 
>> any patches because I figured it's too low priority and too risky
>> to be doing right before the merge window.  
> 
> I'm missing how what you describe is relevant to this patchset and to
> the issue it is trying to solve :/ 
> 
>> I agree that reordering is a good idea but not as a fix, and hopefully  
> 
> I don't see other way to fix the netdev/devlink events ordering problem
> I described above. Do you?

Just hold off with your patches until I post mine. Which as I said will
be during/after the merge window. I've been explaining this for a year now.