netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 11/11] netdev-genl: remove rtnl

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJXZfsPC_fSziLW_aUjO3sEmRZV-hRKYzQS4NSad0uDsg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:25:09 +0100
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org, jdamato@...tly.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 11/11] netdev-genl: remove rtnl_lock protection
 from NAPI ops

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> NAPI lifetime, visibility and config are all fully under
> netdev_lock protection now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Very nice series Jakub, thanks a lot.

Hopefully we can use this per device lock in more contexts soon (ethtool...)

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>