Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] pcnet32: stop holding device spin lock during napi_complete_done

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 08:46:02 -0700

On Mon, 25 May 2026 14:54:36 +0200 Oscar Maes wrote:
> napi_complete_done may call gro_flush_normal (though not currently, as GRO
> is unsupported at the moment), which may result in packet TX. This will
> eventually result in calling pcnet32_start_xmit - resulting in a deadlock
> while trying to re-acquire the already locked spin lock.

Looks like a legit bug fix, please add a Fixes tag and repost for net
(rather than net-next)