Re: [PATCH rdma-next] RDMA/core: release devices_rwsem when calling device_del

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 03:53:29PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:43:52AM -0800, Sharath Srinivasan wrote:
> > The sync strategy in remove_all_compat_devs() can improved
> > by adopting that of rdma_dev_exit_net() which releases devices_rwsem
> > before calling remove_one_compat_dev()/device_del().
> > 
> > Also fixes a comment typo in rdma_dev_exit_net().
> 
> You cannot change this locking without writing a huge commit message
> explaining in detail the reason why any change like this is safe..

We can drop this patch, it doesn't even apply.

Thanks

> 
> Jason
>