netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 04/15] net: sched: cls

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Date:	Tue, 09 Sep 2014 05:34:36 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 04/15] net: sched: cls_cgroup use RCU

On Mon, 2014-09-08 at 22:55 -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> Make cgroup classifier safe for RCU.
> 
> Also drops the calls in the classify routine that were doing a
> rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(). If the rcu_read_lock() isn't held
> entering this routine we have issues with deleting the classifier
> chain so remove the unnecessary rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock()
> pair noting all paths AFAIK hold rcu_read_lock.
> 
> If there is a case where classify is called without the rcu read lock
> then an rcu splat will occur and we can correct it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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