Re: [PATCH net] net: lapbether: Prevent racing when checking whether the netif is running

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On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:13:01 -0800 Xie He wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 2:52 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Normally driver's ndo_stop() calls netif_tx_disable() which takes TX
> > locks, so unless your driver is lockless (LLTX) there should be no xmit
> > calls after that point.  
> 
> Do you mean I should call "netif_tx_disable" inside my "ndo_stop"
> function as a fix for the racing between "ndo_stop" and
> "ndo_start_xmit"?
> 
> I can't call "netif_tx_disable" inside my "ndo_stop" function because
> "netif_tx_disable" will call "netif_tx_stop_queue", which causes
> another racing problem. Please see my recent commit f7d9d4854519
> ("net: lapbether: Remove netif_start_queue / netif_stop_queue")

And the "noqueue" queue is there because it's on top of hdlc_fr.c
somehow or some out of tree driver? Or do you install it manually?



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