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

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Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:53:26 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, shahark@...lanox.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

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:07:48 +0100

> Ok, you mean for net. In that case I prefer the smaller sized fix to
> be honest. It also covers everything from the point where we fetch
> the chain via cops->tcf_chain() to the end of the function, which is
> where most of the complexity resides, and only the two mentioned
> commits do the relock, so as a fix I think it's fine as-is. As
> mentioned, if there's need to refactor tc_ctl_tfilter() net-next
> would be better, imho.

Please, can you two work towards an agreement as to what fix should
go in at this time?

Thanks.