Re: [PATCH net-next v3 3/3] arp: switch to dev_getbyhwaddr() in arp_req_set_public()

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

From: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:47:26 -0800
> The arp_req_set_public() function is called with the RTNL lock held,
> which provides enough synchronization protection. This makes the RCU
> variant of dev_getbyhwaddr() unnecessary. Switch to using the simpler
> dev_getbyhwaddr() function since we already have the required rtnl
> locking.
> 
> This change helps maintain consistency in the networking code by using
> the appropriate helper function for the existing locking context.
> 
> Suggested-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fixes: 941666c2e3e0 ("net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp_ioctl()")
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>

I still think patch 2 & 3 should be posted to net separately.

Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst

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the ``net`` tree is for fixes to existing code already in the
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