Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:
On Thu, 14 May 2026 20:46:31 +0200 you wrote:
> Sashiko reports that it is technically possible that we got the device
> reference, but by the time we're linking it to the OVS datapath, it
> may be already in the process of being deleted. In this case if the
> notifier wins the race for RTNL, it will see that the device is not
> yet in the OVS datapath (ovs_netdev_get_vport() will fail in the
> dp_device_event()) and will do nothing. Then the ovs_netdev_link()
> will take the RTNL and link the unregistering device to OVS datapath.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v2] openvswitch: vport: fix race between linking and the device
notifier
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/bae3ee802c21
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