netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] net: cpsw_new: Execute ndo_set_rx

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Message-ID: <aYFM528IM43_fXwP@pek-khao-d3>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 09:18:31 +0800
From: Kevin Hao <haokexin@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@...com>,
	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] net: cpsw_new: Execute ndo_set_rx_mode callback
 in a work queue

On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 04:19:18PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Unregistered device is not freed yet. The netdev is only freed after
> .remove routine returns. Passing unregistered netdev to netif_running()
> is safe and will return false.

Thank you for the clarification, Jakub. I will move the disable_work_sync() call
to after unregister_netdev().

Thanks,
Kevin

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