netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net 2/3] net: Fix dev_net(dev) race in unregister_netdevice_notifier_dev

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Message-ID: <20250214130827.35d59981@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:08:27 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
Cc: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <horms@...nel.org>,
 <kuni1840@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 <ychemla@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net 2/3] net: Fix dev_net(dev) race in
 unregister_netdevice_notifier_dev_net().

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:25:57 +0900 Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > Is there a plan to clean this up in net-next? Or perhaps after Eric's
> > dev_net() work? Otherwise I'm tempted to suggest to use a loop, maybe:  
> 
> For sure, I will post a followup patch to net-next.

Sorry, I meant that as distinct alternatives :)
The loop we can do already in net.
The question about net-next was more in case you're planning to rewrite
this entire function anyway, in which case the contents which land in
net are not as important.

Does that make sense?