From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, bjorn.andersson@linaro.org,
evgreen@chromium.org, cpratapa@codeaurora.org,
subashab@codeaurora.org, elder@kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: ipa: reorder netdev pointer assignments
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 18:27:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210805182712.4f071aa8@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210804153626.1549001-3-elder@linaro.org>
On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:36:22 -0500 Alex Elder wrote:
> Assign the ipa->modem_netdev and endpoint->netdev pointers *before*
> registering the network device. As soon as the device is
> registered it can be opened, and by that time we'll want those
> pointers valid.
>
> Similarly, don't make those pointers NULL until *after* the modem
> network device is unregistered in ipa_modem_stop().
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
This one seems like a pretty legit race, net would be better if you
don't mind.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-06 1:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-04 15:36 [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: ipa: more work toward runtime PM Alex Elder
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] net: ipa: don't suspend/resume modem if not up Alex Elder
2021-08-06 1:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-06 11:39 ` Alex Elder
2021-08-06 12:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: ipa: reorder netdev pointer assignments Alex Elder
2021-08-06 1:27 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2021-08-06 1:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-08-06 11:39 ` Alex Elder
2021-08-06 11:39 ` Alex Elder
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: ipa: improve IPA clock error messages Alex Elder
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ipa: move IPA power operations to ipa_clock.c Alex Elder
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: ipa: move ipa_suspend_handler() Alex Elder
2021-08-04 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: ipa: move IPA flags field Alex Elder
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