From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, kuniyu@google.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] rtnetlink: comment the RCU waits in unregister paths
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:30:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179250300827.3738467.10049279348392520462.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015081723.404990-1-parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:17:16 +0200 you wrote:
> rtnl_unregister_all() and rtnl_af_unregister() wait for RCU readers
> before tearing down what those readers use, but do not say which
> readers they are waiting for.
>
> A missing wait is then easy to overlook: rtnl_link_unregister() lacked
> its synchronize_rcu() until commit 3b70edea393d ("rtnetlink: wait for
> RCU readers in rtnl_link_unregister()"). Add a comment to both waits,
> naming the readers each one waits for.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v2] rtnetlink: comment the RCU waits in unregister paths
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ec636599b10a
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2026-10-15 8:17 Andrea Parri
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