netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 05/13] net: page_pool: record pools per netdev

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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:22:29 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, hawk@...nel.org, ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org,
 aleksander.lobakin@...el.com, linyunsheng@...wei.com,
 almasrymina@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 05/13] net: page_pool: record pools per netdev

On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:26:09 +0200 Simon Horman wrote:
> I'm not sure if it is possible, but if the hlist loop above iterates zero
> times then last will be uninitialised here.
> 
> Flagged by Smatch.

Hm, the caller checks if the list is empty but there may be a race
condition since we don't hold the lock, yet. Thanks for flagging!