netdev - Re: [PATCH net] mpls: fix clearing of dead nh

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2017 14:48:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mpls: fix clearing of dead nh_flags on link up

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 23:50:36 -0700

> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> 
> recent fixes to use WRITE_ONCE for nh_flags on link up,
> accidently ended up leaving the deadflags on a nh. This patch
> fixes the WRITE_ONCE to use freshly evaluated nh_flags.
> 
> Fixes: 39eb8cd17588 ("net: mpls: rt_nhn_alive and nh_flags should be accessed using READ_ONCE")
> Reported-by: Satish Ashok <sashok@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied, thanks.