Re: [PATCH net v2] net: do not let defer_count outlive an empty defer_list

[Joseph Kain]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM Joseph Kain <jkain@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM <netdev-bot+sinfo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hi!
> >
> > This is an automated message. This series looks like a fix, but its
> > commit messages seem to be missing some information:
> >
> >  - How the issue was discovered, e.g. hit in production, hit during
> >    development, syzbot report, manual code inspection, LLM or static
> >    analysis tool scan.
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>   Manual code inspection, LLM-assisted, during a backport -- not hit in
>   production.  I hit the heavy contention on sd->defer_lock in
> production and had Claude Opus


assess backporting.  In the process it found this issue.

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> >
> > Please do not repost the series just to address the above. Instead,
> > reply to this email with the missing information, so that reviewers
> > can take it into account. If the series needs another revision for
> > other reasons, please include the information in the commit messages
> > then.
> >
> > The evaluation is done by an LLM so it may be wrong, if you think
> > that is the case please reply and explain.



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Thanks,
Joseph Kain