Re: [PATCH net] vxlan: do not arm the ageing timer on a device that is down

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 06:08:35 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Sun, 9 Aug 2026 20:18:29 +0900 you wrote:
> vxlan_changelink() arms vxlan->age_timer whenever the requested ageing
> interval differs from the configured one:
>
> if (conf.age_interval != vxlan->cfg.age_interval)
> mod_timer(&vxlan->age_timer, jiffies);
>
> There is no netif_running() test, so the timer is armed even on a device
> that was never brought up. The only synchronous cancel in the driver is
> the timer_delete_sync() in vxlan_stop(), which is .ndo_stop.
> netif_close_many() drops devices without IFF_UP before
> __dev_close_many() runs, so that cancel is skipped for such a device.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] vxlan: do not arm the ageing timer on a device that is down
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/b37971686ec5

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