netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 02/12] ipmr: Add reference count to MFC entries

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:27:27 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, yotamg@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 02/12] ipmr: Add reference count to MFC
 entries

On 24/09/17 20:22, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
> 
> Next commits will introduce MFC notifications through the atomic
> fib_notification chain, thus allowing modules to be aware of MFC entries.
> 
> Due to the fact that modules may need to hold a reference to an MFC entry,
> add reference count to MFC entries to prevent them from being freed while
> these modules use them.
> 
> The reference counting is done only on resolved MFC entries currently.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
>  - Add comment for the mfc_cache.mfc_un.res.refcount field, similarly to
>    all other fields in the struct
> ---
>  include/linux/mroute.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv4/ipmr.c        |  8 +++++---
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>