netdev - Re: [PATCH 37/50] netfilter: nf_tables: atomic dump and reset for stateful objects

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Date:   Sat, 10 Dec 2016 13:21:52 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 37/50] netfilter: nf_tables: atomic dump and reset for
 stateful objects

On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 07:22:06AM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-12-09 at 06:24 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > It looks that you want a seqcount, even on 64bit arches,
> > so that CPU 2 can restart its loop, and more importantly you need
> > to not accumulate the values you read, because they might be old/invalid.
> 
> Untested patch to give general idea. I can polish it a bit later today.

I'm preparing a patch now, so you can review it.

Eric, thanks a lot for reviewing and proposing a working approach!