On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:26:39 -0700 David Wei wrote:

netdev ops must be called under instance lock or rtnl_lock, but
io_register_zcrx_ifq() isn't doing this for netdev_queue_get_dma_dev().

Fix this by taking the instance lock.

Opted to do this by hand instead of netdev_get_by_index_lock(), which is
an older helper that doesn't take netdev tracker.

Fixes tag missing.

netdev_get_by_index_lock() + netdev_hold() would be a better choice indeed.
Just a reference doesn't hold off device shutdown.

Is there a chance to reorder the io_zcrx_create_area() call, keep
holding the lock and call __net_mp_open_rxq() ?