netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip: Fix ip_dev_loopback

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Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:03:59 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, eparis@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	therbert@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip: Fix ip_dev_loopback_xmit()

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:26 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:13:03 +0200
>
>> [PATCH] ip: Fix ip_dev_loopback_xmit()
>
> Applied to net-2.6, thanks Eric.


Now, I am doubting the correctness of  the following comment:

/*
 * The higher levels take care of making this non-reentrant (it's
 * called with bh's disabled).
 */
static netdev_tx_t loopback_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                 struct net_device *dev)
{
        struct pcpu_lstats __percpu *pcpu_lstats;
        struct pcpu_lstats *lb_stats;
        int len;

        skb_orphan(skb);

        skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);

And these lines:

        /* it's OK to use per_cpu_ptr() because BHs are off */
        pcpu_lstats = (void __percpu __force *)dev->ml_priv;
        lb_stats = this_cpu_ptr(pcpu_lstats);

-- 
Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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