RE: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] macsec: add support for IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD in macsec_changelink

[Emeel Hakim]

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> On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 18:32:44 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I think you're just moving this code, but still.
> 
> And by "by still" I mean - it's still a bug, so it needs to be fixed first.

The code added by those patches does not use the rtnl_lock, the lock is just getting moved as part of sharing similar code,
but the new code is still not using it, I don’t think those  patches need to wait until a fix of an existing locking issue as long
as the new code is not inserting any bugs.