Re: [PATCH net-next v13 09/10] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports

From: Paolo Abeni

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 09:52:26 EST


On 7/7/26 12:47 PM, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> On 7/7/26 12:12, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>>
>> Both sashikos instances points to multiple races with dumps. I suspect
>> some explicit locking is required.
>>
>> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260701110427.143945-1-maxime.chevallier%40bootlin.com
>> https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20260701110427.143945-1-maxime.chevallier%40bootlin.com
>>
>> I *think* this is hopefully the last pending issue.
>
> True indeed, the other issues are sashiko saying "what if we detach a PHY and attach it
> to another netdev", which can't happen :) I agree with some of the locking points that
> were found, I'll address that likely as a separate cleanup.

I'm sorry, but I think it's better to address the above problems with
the main series to avoid a window of opportunity that could cause a lot
of quite randomic/drop by submissions to try to addresses them with a
lot of noise on the ML.

I set the series to CR.

/P