netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: ethtool: reduce RTNL pressure in dev

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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:58:32 -0400
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Ziwei Xiao <ziweixiao@...gle.com>, 
 Praveen Kaligineedi <pkaligineedi@...gle.com>, 
 Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@...gle.com>, 
 Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, 
 Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@...gle.com>, 
 Shailend Chand <shailend@...gle.com>, 
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 eric.dumazet@...il.com, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: ethtool: reduce RTNL pressure in
 dev_ethtool()

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> This series is inspired by Jakub feedback for one gve patch :
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240614192721.02700256@kernel.org/
> 
> Refactor dev_ethtool() and start to implement parallel operations.
> 
> Eric Dumazet (6):
>   net: ethtool: grab a netdev reference in dev_ethtool()
>   net: ethtool: add dev_ethtool_cap_check()
>   net: ethtool: perform pm duties outside of rtnl lock
>   net: ethtool: call ethtool_get_one_feature() without RTNL
>   net: ethtool: implement lockless ETHTOOL_GFLAGS
>   net: ethtool: add the ability to run ethtool_[gs]et_rxnfc() without
>     RTNL
> 
>  include/linux/ethtool.h |   2 +
>  net/core/dev.c          |  10 +--
>  net/ethtool/ioctl.c     | 159 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  3 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Thanks Eric!

One small comment in the ethtool_ops field, but not important.