netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 03/11] net: use netif_disable_lro in ipv6_add

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Message-ID: <Z-W945lsWMmZtisy@mini-arch>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:06:43 -0700
From: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
	Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 03/11] net: use netif_disable_lro in ipv6_add_dev

On 03/27, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:56:51 -0700 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > @@ -3151,11 +3153,12 @@ int addrconf_add_ifaddr(struct net *net, void __user *arg)
> >  	cfg.plen = ireq.ifr6_prefixlen;
> >  
> >  	rtnl_net_lock(net);
> > -	dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ireq.ifr6_ifindex);
> > +	dev = netdev_get_by_index_lock(net, ireq.ifr6_ifindex);
> 
> I think you want ops locking here, no?
> netdev_get_by_index_lock() will also lock devs which didn't opt in.

New netdev_get_by_index_lock_ops? I felt like we already have too many
xxxdev_get_by, but agreed that it should be safer, will do!