linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: fix a RCU-list lock in fib_triestat_seq

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:41:40 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, cai@....pw
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: fix a RCU-list lock in fib_triestat_seq_show



On 3/26/20 8:27 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:01:00 -0400

>> Fix it by adding a pair of rcu_read_lock/unlock() and use
>> cond_resched_rcu() to avoid the situation where walking of a large
>> number of items  may prevent scheduling for a long time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> 
> Eric, please review.
> 

Patch looks good to me, thanks !

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>