netdev - Re: [PATCH (resubmit)][BRIDGE] Properly dereference the br_should_route

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:04:20 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	bridge@...ts.osdl.org, devel@...nvz.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH (resubmit)][BRIDGE] Properly dereference the br_should_route_hook

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 07:21:08PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> This hook is protected with the RCU, so simple
> 
> 	if (br_should_route_hook)
> 		br_should_route_hook(...)
> 
> is not enough on some architectures.
> 
> Use the rcu_dereference/rcu_assign_pointer in this case.
> 
> Fixed Stephen's comment concerning using the typeof().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

Applied to net-2.6.  Thanks Pavel!

>  static void __exit ebtable_broute_fini(void)
>  {
> -	br_should_route_hook = NULL;
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(br_should_route_hook, NULL);

Just for the record, rcu_assign_pointer is never necessary when
you're assigning NULL.  The reason is that rcu_assign_pointer serves
as a barrier between the initialisation of the content of what you're
assigning and the actual assignment.  Since NULL does not need to be
initialised you don't need the barrier :)

Hmm, perhaps we could even build this logic into rcu_assign_pointer.

Then again, who still uses an Alpha? Mine died years ago :)

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