Re: [PATCH net v3] net: stmmac: protect updates of 64-bit statistics counters

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller [off-list ref]:

On Sat,  3 Feb 2024 20:09:27 +0100 you wrote:

As explained by a comment in <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>, write side of struct
u64_stats_sync must ensure mutual exclusion, or one seqcount update could
be lost on 32-bit platforms, thus blocking readers forever. Such lockups
have been observed in real world after stmmac_xmit() on one CPU raced with
stmmac_napi_poll_tx() on another CPU.

To fix the issue without introducing a new lock, split the statics into
three parts:

[...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v3] net: stmmac: protect updates of 64-bit statistics counters
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/38cc3c6dcc09

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