netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/5] net: reduce RTNL pressure in unregister

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Message-Id: 
 <173699824504.995574.8048482828230619557.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:30:45 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, horms@...nel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/5] net: reduce RTNL pressure in
 unregister_netdevice()

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:55:26 +0000 you wrote:
> One major source of RTNL contention resides in unregister_netdevice()
> 
> Due to RCU protection of various network structures, and
> unregister_netdevice() being a synchronous function,
> it is calling potentially slow functions while holding RTNL.
> 
> I think we can release RTNL in two points, so that three
> slow functions are called while RTNL can be used
> by other threads.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3,net-next,1/5] net: expedite synchronize_net() for cleanup_net()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0734d7c3d93c
  - [v3,net-next,2/5] net: no longer assume RTNL is held in flush_all_backlogs()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8a2b61e9e879
  - [v3,net-next,3/5] net: no longer hold RTNL while calling flush_all_backlogs()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/cfa579f66656
  - [v3,net-next,4/5] net: reduce RTNL hold duration in unregister_netdevice_many_notify() (part 1)
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ae646f1a0bb9
  - [v3,net-next,5/5] net: reduce RTNL hold duration in unregister_netdevice_many_notify() (part 2)
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/83419b61d187

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