netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] vxlan: Use RCU apis to access sk_user

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Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:23:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pshelar@...ira.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] vxlan: Use RCU apis to access sk_user_data.

From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:25:40 -0700

> Use of RCU api makes vxlan code easier to understand.  It also
> fixes bug due to missing ACCESS_ONCE() on sk_user_data dereference.
> In rare case without ACCESS_ONCE() compiler might omit vs on
> sk_user_data dereference.
> Compiler can use vs as alias for sk->sk_user_data, resulting in
> multiple sk_user_data dereference in rcu read context which
> could change.
> 
> CC: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

Applied, thanks Pravin.
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