netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: core: fix lockdep splat on device unregister

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 <176049600651.193903.16031508442804598392.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:40:06 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: core: fix lockdep splat on device unregister

Hello:

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

On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:50:52 +0200 you wrote:
> Since blamed commit, unregister_netdevice_many_notify() takes the netdev
> mutex if the device needs it.
> 
> If the device list is too long, this will lock more device mutexes than
> lockdep can handle:
> 
> unshare -n \
>  bash -c 'for i in $(seq 1 100);do ip link add foo$i type dummy;done'
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] net: core: fix lockdep splat on device unregister
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7f0fddd817ba

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