netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: remove redundant racy tear-down in stmmac_dvr

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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:50:44 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: remove redundant racy tear-down in
 stmmac_dvr_remove()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:02:39 +0000 you wrote:
> While the network device is registered, it is published to userspace,
> and thus userspace can change its state. This means calling
> functions such as stmmac_stop_all_dma() and stmmac_mac_set() are
> racy.
> 
> Moreover, unregister_netdev() will unpublish the network device, and
> then if appropriate call the .ndo_stop() method, which is
> stmmac_release(). This will first call phylink_stop() which will
> synchronously take the link down, resulting in stmmac_mac_link_down()
> and stmmac_mac_set(, false) being called.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: stmmac: remove redundant racy tear-down in stmmac_dvr_remove()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/180fa8d0a2cb

You are awesome, thank you!
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