Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next v2] netpoll: Use rtnl_dereference() for npinfo pointer access

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:22:05 -0800 you wrote:
> In the __netpoll_setup() function, when accessing the device's npinfo
> pointer, replace rcu_access_pointer() with rtnl_dereference(). This
> change is more appropriate, as suggested by Herbert Xu[1].
> 
> The function is called with the RTNL mutex held, and the pointer is
> being dereferenced later, so, dereference earlier and just reuse the
> pointer for the if/else.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [RESEND,net-next,v2] netpoll: Use rtnl_dereference() for npinfo pointer access
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a9ab02ed97c6

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