linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: nf_conntrack: remove the unneed check for *bucket

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:30:03 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
Cc:	pablo@...filter.org, kaber@...sh.net, kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: nf_conntrack: remove the unneed
 check for *bucket

Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@...wei.com> wrote:
> In the 'for(...) {}', the *bucket alwasy < net->ct.htable_size,
> so remove the check
> @@ -1383,14 +1383,12 @@ get_next_corpse(struct net *net, int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data),
>  		lockp = &nf_conntrack_locks[*bucket % CONNTRACK_LOCKS];
>  		local_bh_disable();
>  		spin_lock(lockp);
> -		if (*bucket < net->ct.htable_size) {

AFAIU net->ct.htable_size can shrink between for-test and aquiring
the bucket lockp, so this additional if-test is needed.