netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] vlan: Optimize multiple unregistration

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:30:43 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] vlan: Optimize multiple unregistration

Patrick McHardy a écrit :
> Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> Patrick McHardy a écrit :
>>
>>> Indeed, but unregister_vlan_dev() destroys the group once the
>>> count has reached zero, so we must not access it after that.
>> Well, I hoped call_rcu() callback doesnt fire and kfree(grp) until we exited
>> from unregister_vlan_dev_alls(), with RTNL locked...
> 
> The RTNL is a mutex, so it shouldn't prevent call_rcu from firing.

Oops this is totally right of course, so your patch is actually a bug fix :)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

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