netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] net-sysfs: check device is present when showing duplex

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Message-ID: <20240801185439.GA1967603@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 19:54:39 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Shigeru Yoshida <syoshida@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] net-sysfs: check device is present when showing
 duplex

On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 12:22:50PM +1000, Jamie Bainbridge wrote:
> A sysfs reader can race with a device reset or removal, attempting to
> read device state when the device is not actuall present.

nit: actually

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