netdev - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 2/4] iavf: use unregister_netdev

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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:06:38 +0000
From: "Drewek, Wojciech" <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
To: mschmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>, "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org"
	<intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Nguyen, Anthony L"
	<anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "Brandeburg, Jesse"
	<jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 2/4] iavf: use
 unregister_netdev


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Michal Schmidt
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 6:49 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>; Brandeburg, Jesse
> <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 2/4] iavf: use unregister_netdev
> 
> Use unregister_netdev, which takes rtnl_lock for us. We don't have to
> check the reg_state under rtnl_lock. There's nothing to race with. We
> have just cancelled the finish_config work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> index d2f4648a6156..6036a4582196 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> @@ -5171,10 +5171,8 @@ static void iavf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->watchdog_task);
>  	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->finish_config);
> 
> -	rtnl_lock();
>  	if (netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
> -		unregister_netdevice(netdev);
> -	rtnl_unlock();
> +		unregister_netdev(netdev);
> 
>  	if (CLIENT_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
>  		err = iavf_lan_del_device(adapter);
> --
> 2.41.0
> 
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