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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:38:36 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jirislaby@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Priyanka Jain <Priyanka.Jain@...escale.com>
Subject: [PATCH] NET: xfrm, use correct rcu dereference helper

Use rcu_dereference_bh while holding bh rcu lock. Otherwise we get:
===============================
[ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
3.6.0-rc1-next-20120816+ #10 Not tainted
-------------------------------
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2504 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Priyanka Jain <Priyanka.Jain@...escale.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 5ad4d2c..6405764 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2501,11 +2501,11 @@ static void __net_init xfrm_dst_ops_init(struct net *net)
 	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
 	if (afinfo)
 		net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
+	afinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
 	if (afinfo)
 		net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
 #endif
-- 
1.7.11.5


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