netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] drop_monitor: Make updating data->skb smp safe

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:25:36 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drop_monitor: Make updating data->skb smp safe

On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 15:18 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 09:00:09PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> > >  	 * Grab the skb we're about to send
> > >  	 */
> > > -	skb = data->skb;
> > > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > > +	skb = rcu_dereference(data->skb);
> > 
> > This protects nothing ...
> > 
> Hmm, it doesn't really need to be protected either, I just added the read_lock
> to prevent any rcu_dereference from complaining about not holding the
> rcu_read_lock, but as I'm typing this, it occurs to me that that would make
> rcu_dereference_protected the call to use here.  Thanks for kick starting me on
> that.

perfect ;)


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