[PATCH net] net: microchip: vcap: fix races on the shared Super VCAP block
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Sun Jul 5 00:30:05 PDT 2026
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni at redhat.com>:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:20:13 +0200 you wrote:
> The VCAP instances on a chip are not independent, yet they are locked
> independently. On sparx5 and lan969x the IS0 and IS2 instances are
> backed by the same Super VCAP hardware block and share its cache and
> command registers: every access drives the shared VCAP_SUPER_CTRL
> register and moves data through the shared cache registers.
>
> Accessing one instance therefore races with accessing another. The
> per-instance admin->lock cannot prevent this, as each instance takes a
> different lock.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: microchip: vcap: fix races on the shared Super VCAP block
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/d7a8d500d7e4
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