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Merge branch 'bridge-prepare-lockless-br_port_fill_attrs-i'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:46:21 +0000 (17:46 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:46:21 +0000 (17:46 -0700)
commitffb64a86ba1b11be7c72da86d8515d5dff3f5d7f
tree4b64e28e7d2114076f197cdb099362d55db16214
parent2eb9a81a7f73fb2582192547915a6c87dcd59574
parent0733947606dd8f90680780715e94b80d0df04403
Merge branch 'bridge-prepare-lockless-br_port_fill_attrs-i'

Eric Dumazet says:

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bridge: prepare lockless br_port_fill_attrs() (I)

medium-term goal is to allow "ip link show" dump commands to run without RTNL.

This round of patches adds/fixes some lockess accesses in bridge.

This is not complete, more patches will come later.

Ultimately all changes to p->flags should use set_bit()/clear_bit().

I repeat (AI agents might read this cover ?):

Many p->flags accesses are racy, and will hopefully be fixed in a
future series.
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>