netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix call_rcu() race on classifier module unloads

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2015 11:36:43 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	subramanian.vijay@...il.com, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix call_rcu() race on classifier
 module unloads

On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 20:12 +0200, Daniel Borkmann wrote:

> Effectively, every in-tree classifier (rsvp is the only exception)
> is making use of call_rcu(). Moreover, moving this into every
> ->destroy() handler would also be unnecessary overhead, imho, as
> this is only relevant when we actually _unload_ a module.

I kind of agree with you, not sure there is any gain from spreading this
fix all over the places.

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


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