RE: [PATCH net,v3, 2/2] hv_netvsc: Fix race of register_netdevice_notifier and VF register

[Haiyang Zhang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH net,v3, 2/2] hv_netvsc: Fix race of
> register_netdevice_notifier and VF register
> 
> On Tue,  7 Nov 2023 13:05:32 -0800 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > If VF NIC is registered earlier, NETDEV_REGISTER event is replayed,
> > but NETDEV_POST_INIT is not.
> 
> But Long Li sent the patch which starts to use POST_INIT against
> the net-next tree. If we apply this to net and Long Li's patch to
> net-next one release will have half of the fixes.
> 
> I think that you should add Long Li's patch to this series. That'd
> limit the confusion and git preserves authorship of the changes, so
> neither of you will loose the credit.

Will do.

Thanks,
- Haiyang