linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite

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Date:   Sun, 20 May 2018 21:42:08 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, pablo@...filter.org,
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        daniel@...earbox.net, edumazet@...gle.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, kliteyn@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite

On Sat 19 May 2018 at 21:52, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 05:27:10PM +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
>> Return from action init function with reference to action taken,
>> even when overwriting existing action.
>
> Isn't this patch necessary before patch 7, to not break things up?
> AFAICU after patchset 7 it assumes the action init function is already
> behaving like this.

I have re-split these patches for V2.