Re: [PATCH net v3 2/4] net: hsr: shrink seqnr_lock to sequence counter updates

Ali Ahmet Memis <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 02:58:37 +0300
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I audited all seqnr_lock users after the change: it now guards only the
sequence counter updates (handle_std_frame() and the two supervision
builders), so dropping the outer lock around hsr_forward_skb() cannot
race any other state. Lock and unlock stay balanced on every path.

Reviewed-by: Ali Ahmet Memis <[email protected]>