netdev - [Patch net v3 0/3] net_sched: fix filter chain reference counting

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:33:29 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: [Patch net v3 0/3] net_sched: fix filter chain reference counting

This patchset fixes tc filter chain reference counting and nasty race
conditions with RCU callbacks. Please see each patch for details.

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v3: Rebase on the latest -net
    Add code comment in patch 1
    Improve comment and changelog for patch 2
    Add patch 3

v2: Add patch 1
    Get rid of more ugly code in patch 2

Cong Wang (3):
  net_sched: get rid of tcfa_rcu
  net_sched: fix reference counting of tc filter chain
  net_sched: carefully handle tcf_block_put()

 include/net/act_api.h |  2 --
 net/sched/act_api.c   | 17 +++++++-------
 net/sched/cls_api.c   | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

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2.13.0