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Jakub Kicinski says: ==================== devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister Move the registration and unregistration of the devlink instances under their instance locks. Don't perform the netdev-style wait for all references when unregistering the instance. Instead the devlink instance refcount will only ensure that the memory of the instance is not freed. All places which acquire access to devlink instances via a reference must check that the instance is still registered under the instance lock. This fixes the problem of the netdev code accessing devlink instances before they are registered. RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221217011953.152487-1-kuba@kernel.org/ - rewrite the cover letter - rewrite the commit message for patch 1 - un-export and rename devl_is_alive - squash the netdevsim patches ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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