Re: [PATCH 1/2] ipv4: igmp: annotate data-races around in_dev->mc_count

From: Yuyang Huang

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 07:51:12 EST


>The patch LGTM, but note that sashiko has identified a pre-existing
issue which could deserve a follow-up:

>https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260531030705.3754389-1-yuyanghuang%40google.com

Acked, will create a follow up change to fix this.

> > But it does not apply cleanly to net. Please rebase and report, adding
> > the target tree (`net`) and a revision number (`v2`) in the subj prefix.
>
> Paolo, I think it's better to target such patches at net-next and
> dropping the fixes tag.
>
> See for example this recent patch that went into net-next:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/net/ipv4/igmp.c?id=061c0aa740d5d3847cd600a74c66a165bee1fbe0
>
> And this message from Linus:
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/1074171/
>
> Pending Paolo's approval, please drop the Fixes tag given the patch is
> targeted at net-next.
>

Acked, will drop the fixed tag in patch series v2.