linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 07/10] decnet: Use rcu

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:42 +0100
From:	Chrissie Caulfield <christine.caulfield@...glemail.com>
To:	jdb@...x.dk
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dougthompson@...ssion.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Trond.Myklebust@...app.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	bfields@...ldses.org, neilb@...e.de, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	tytso@....edu, adilger@....com, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] decnet: Use rcu_barrier() on module unload.


On 24 Jun 2009, at 13:09, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 13:44 +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 07:23 +0100, Chrissie Caulfield wrote:
>>> The issues with DECnet module unloading are a little more than  
>>> just an
>>> RCU leak I think!
>>>
>>> Though that area does need reviewing ... when I get some time.
>>
>> Fine.  Now you have read my comment in the code, then there is a  
>> updated
>> patch below.  Will you ack-that?
>

I don't have any objection to the patch at all, it just seemed a  
little odd to deliberately add code inside #if 0 ;-)

Chrissie


> Sorry wrong patch... forgot save the code and 'stg refresh'...
>
> [PATCH 07/10] decnet: Use rcu_barrier() on module unload.
>
> From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>
>
> The decnet module unloading as been disabled with a '#if 0' statement,
> because it have had issues.
>
> We add a rcu_barrier() anyhow for correctness.
>
> The maintainer (Chrissie Caulfield) will look into the unload issue
> when time permits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>
> ---
>
> net/decnet/af_decnet.c |    2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
> index d351b8d..77d4028 100644
> --- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
> +++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
> @@ -2413,6 +2413,8 @@ static void __exit decnet_exit(void)
> 	proc_net_remove(&init_net, "decnet");
>
> 	proto_unregister(&dn_proto);
> +
> +	rcu_barrier_bh(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu_bh()'s */
> }
> module_exit(decnet_exit);
> #endif
>
>

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