Re: [PATCH net] netrom: fix possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down

From: David Ranch
Date: Mon Jun 09 2025 - 19:31:32 EST



That's unclear to me but maybe someone else knowing the code better than myself can chime in. I have to assume having these locks present
are for a reason.

--David
KI6ZHD


On 06/09/2025 04:26 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 16:16:32 -0700 David Ranch wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "the only user of this code". There are
many people using the Linux AX.25 + NETROM stack but we unfortunately
don't have a active kernel maintainer for this code today.

Alright, sorry. Either way - these locks are not performance critical
for you, right?