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Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:12:57 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 07/11] net: prep switchdev drivers for
 concurrent SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_BRIDGE_FLAGS
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 11:14:41AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
> 
> Because the bridge will start offloading SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_PORT_BRIDGE_FLAGS
> while not serialized by any lock such as the br->lock spinlock, existing
> drivers that treat that attribute and cache the brport flags might no
> longer work correctly.

Can you explain the race? This notification is sent from sysfs/netlink
call path, both of which take rtnl.