Re: [PATCH net] ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port

[Simon Horman]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 08:00:52PM +0300, Dmitry Skorodumov wrote:
> I'm working currently on some selftests/net for ipvtap for some kind of test (test calls "ip a a/ip a d" in several threads), but I'm unsure how to proceed:
> 
> This patch is supposed to be a "fix". But selftest - obviously not a fix.
> 
> So, I'm unsure how to send a selftest for this.

Hi Dmitry,

I think that in cases like this - a fix coupled with a selftest for the
fixed problem - both the fix and the selftest can be included in a
patch-set targeted at net.