netdev - Re: RCU problems in fib_table

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Message-ID: <20100322065159.GH2517@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:51:59 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, robert.olsson@....uu.se,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RCU problems in fib_table_insert

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 06:01:40PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:37:03 -0700
> 
> > net: suppress lockdep-RCU false positive in FIB trie.
> > 
> > Allow fib_find_node() to be called either under rcu_read_lock()
> > protection or with RTNL held.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Thanks guys, I applied this copy and added Eric's signoff
> since the two patches were essentially identical :-)

Great minds thinking alike and all that.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul
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