Re: [PATCH] netdevsim: fix deadlock in nsim_bus_dev_max_vfs_write()

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 19:09:01 EST


On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:55:04 +0000 (UTC) syzbot wrote:
> --- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
> @@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ static ssize_t nsim_bus_dev_max_vfs_write(struct file *file,

Sorry to chime in poniewczasie.
Please delete this file. netdevsim is a harness for in-tree selftests,
none seems to be reading or writing the debugfs num_vfs AFAICT
so let's just drop it?