netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: cadence: macb: Synchronize stats calculations

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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:50:29 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>
Cc: nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com, claudiu.beznea@...on.dev,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: cadence: macb: Synchronize stats calculations

Hello:

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

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:50 -0500 you wrote:
> Stats calculations involve a RMW to add the stat update to the existing
> value. This is currently not protected by any synchronization mechanism,
> so data races are possible. Add a spinlock to protect the update. The
> reader side could be protected using u64_stats, but we would still need
> a spinlock for the update side anyway. And we always do an update
> immediately before reading the stats anyway.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] net: cadence: macb: Synchronize stats calculations
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fa52f15c745c

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