netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister

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Message-Id: <167301061792.5551.10032135395535882008.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:10:17 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on
 unregister

Hello:

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

On Thu,  5 Jan 2023 22:33:53 -0800 you wrote:
> Move the registration and unregistration of the devlink instances
> under their instance locks. Don't perform the netdev-style wait
> for all references when unregistering the instance.
> 
> Instead the devlink instance refcount will only ensure that
> the memory of the instance is not freed. All places which acquire
> access to devlink instances via a reference must check that the
> instance is still registered under the instance lock.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/9] devlink: bump the instance index directly when iterating
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d77278196441
  - [net-next,2/9] devlink: update the code in netns move to latest helpers
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7a54a5195b2a
  - [net-next,3/9] devlink: protect devlink->dev by the instance lock
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/870c7ad4a52b
  - [net-next,4/9] devlink: always check if the devlink instance is registered
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ed539ba614a0
  - [net-next,5/9] devlink: remove the registration guarantee of references
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9053637e0da7
  - [net-next,6/9] devlink: don't require setting features before registration
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6ef8f7da9275
  - [net-next,7/9] devlink: allow registering parameters after the instance
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1d18bb1a4ddd
  - [net-next,8/9] netdevsim: rename a label
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5c5ea1d09fd8
  - [net-next,9/9] netdevsim: move devlink registration under the instance lock
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/82a3aef2e6af

You are awesome, thank you!
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