Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/4] net: add granular lock for the netdev netlink socket

[Stanislav Fomichev]

On 03/07, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri,  7 Mar 2025 07:57:24 -0800 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > As we move away from rtnl_lock for queue ops, introduce
> > per-netdev_nl_sock lock.
> 
> What is it protecting?

The 'bindings' field of the netlink socket:

struct netdev_nl_sock {
       struct mutex lock;
       struct list_head bindings; <<<
};

I'm assuming it's totally valid to have several bindings per socket?
(attached to different rx queues)