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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:09:29 +0000
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Paweł Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Robert Olsson <robert@...ur.slu.se>,
	Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se>,
	"Jorge Boncompte [DTI2]" <jorge@...2.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@....uu.se>,
	Linux Network Development list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] Re: rib_trie / Fix inflate_threshold_root.
	Now=15 size=11 bits

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:47:03AM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:51:52AM +0200, Paweł Staszewski wrote:
> > I apply this patch
> >
> > fib_triestats in attached file :)
> 
> Great! But it would be nice to check if this (accidentally ;-) might
> fix the previous problem, so I attach below the patch with "manual
> RCU", which btw. (or even more important) should verify RCU use here.
> 
> It should be applied on top of this last "Fix..., part3". And
> again: it's quite probable it can fail, so with caution, no hurry
> (it can wait for quiet time)...

Pawel, here is another try to check what's going on here, so just
like before, but this one on top of these 2 last working patches,
plus quite time... (Stats aren't necessary; if these are some doubts
let me know.)

Thanks,
Jarek P.
--------------------> (synchronize_rcu take 5)

diff -Nurp a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c	2009-06-29 10:00:14.000000000 +0000
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c	2009-06-30 06:50:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ static void trie_rebalance(struct trie *
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(t->trie, (struct node *)tn);
 	tnode_free_flush();
+	synchronize_rcu();
 
 	return;
 }
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