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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Anil Kaushik <anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
	nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: Do not call the unbind callback with the table locked
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:00:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <179399880568.868572.9395837242230797060.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102120929.4077030-1-anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com>

Hello:

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

On Mon,  2 Nov 2026 12:09:29 +0000 you wrote:
> When netlink_bind() fails to insert the socket, it calls
> netlink_undo_bind() with the table locked. genl_unbind() then takes
> cb_lock, while genl_unregister_family() and genl_register_family() take
> cb_lock for writing and then wait in netlink_table_grab() for the table
> users to go away:
> 
>   netlink_bind()                 genl_unregister_family()
>     netlink_lock_table()           down_write(&cb_lock)
>     netlink_insert() fails
>     netlink_undo_bind()            netlink_table_grab()
>       genl_unbind()                  waits for nl_table_users == 0
>         down_read(&cb_lock)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] netlink: Do not call the unbind callback with the table locked
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a36b9e205cb3

You are awesome, thank you!
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-06 21:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-02 12:09 Anil Kaushik
2026-11-02 12:13 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-11-02 12:53   ` Anil Kaushik
2026-11-02 14:35     ` Anil Kaushik
2026-11-06  8:30 ` Simon Horman
2026-11-06 21:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]

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