netdev - Re: [Patch net v2] xt_RATEEST: acquire xt_rateest

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Date:   Tue, 6 Feb 2018 13:26:12 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net v2] xt_RATEEST: acquire xt_rateest_mutex for hash
 insert

On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 02:41:45PM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> rateest_hash is supposed to be protected by xt_rateest_mutex,
> and, as suggested by Eric, lookup and insert should be atomic,
> so we should acquire the xt_rateest_mutex once for both.
> 
> So introduce a non-locking helper for internal use and keep the
> locking one for external.

Applied, thanks!