netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net, sched: fix soft lockup in tc

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:37:24 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, shahark@...lanox.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, gerlitz.or@...il.com, roid@...lanox.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, john.fastabend@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net, sched: fix soft lockup in tc_classify

On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:04 +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Shahar reported a soft lockup in tc_classify(), where we run into an
> endless loop when walking the classifier chain due to tp->next == tp
> which is a state we should never run into. The issue only seems to
> trigger under load in the tc control path.

Nice fix, thanks !

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