Re: [PATCH net-next] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather

Qingfang Deng <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00:16 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-ppp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <CALW65jZaDtchy1FFttNH9jMo--YSoZMsb8=HE72i=ZdnNP-akw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:57:49 +0800 Qingfang Deng wrote:
> > Can I modify dev->features directly under the spin lock (without
> > .ndo_fix_features) ?
>
> Hm, I'm not aware of a reason not to. You definitely need to hold
> rtnl_lock, and call netdev_update_features() after.

Will the modification race against __netdev_update_features(), where
dev->features is assigned a new value?