Re: [PATCH net-next] gve: Fix race condition on tx->dropped_pkt update

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Thu Nov 27 2025 - 21:23:19 EST


Hello:

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

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:07:51 +0000 you wrote:
> From: Max Yuan <maxyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The tx->dropped_pkt counter is a 64-bit integer that is incremented
> directly. On 32-bit architectures, this operation is not atomic and
> can lead to read/write tearing if a reader accesses the counter during
> the update. This can result in incorrect values being reported for
> dropped packets.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] gve: Fix race condition on tx->dropped_pkt update
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/858b1d07e491

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