[PATCH net v3] net: thunderx: avoid direct MTU assignment after WRITE_ONCE()

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
Wed Jul 9 19:30:13 PDT 2025


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>:

On Sun,  6 Jul 2025 12:43:21 -0700 you wrote:
> The current logic in nicvf_change_mtu() writes the new MTU to
> netdev->mtu using WRITE_ONCE() before verifying if the hardware
> update succeeds. However on hardware update failure, it attempts
> to revert to the original MTU using a direct assignment
> (netdev->mtu = orig_mtu)
> which violates the intended of WRITE_ONCE protection introduced in
> commit 1eb2cded45b3 ("net: annotate writes on dev->mtu from
> ndo_change_mtu()")
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v3] net: thunderx: avoid direct MTU assignment after WRITE_ONCE()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/849704b8b211

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