Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Protect skb pointer used by two different kernel instances

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:35:18 -0700 Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay
wrote:
> Threaded IRQ uses waiting_tx_skb. Transmit path also uses
> this pointer without any mutual exclusion protection. As a
> result, it might leak skb buffer, particularly threaded IRQ
> runs in the middle of tranmsmit path, near skb_linearize.

Can you say more ? only xmit sets waiting_tx_skb, the IRQ
clears it. So why is IRQ racing with xmit leading to drops?