netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sfc: handle error pointers returned by rhashtable_lookup_get_insert

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Message-Id: 
 <169528622237.20950.7146192705850531950.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:50:22 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:  <edward.cree@....com>
Cc: linux-net-drivers@....com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, ecree.xilinx@...il.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, habetsm.xilinx@...il.com, dan.carpenter@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sfc: handle error pointers returned by
 rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:39:49 +0100 you wrote:
> From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
> 
> Several places in TC offload code assumed that the return from
>  rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast() was always either NULL or a valid
>  pointer to an existing entry, but in fact that function can return an
>  error pointer.  In that case, perform the usual cleanup of the newly
>  created entry, then pass up the error, rather than attempting to take a
>  reference on the old entry.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] sfc: handle error pointers returned by rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fc21f08375db

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