netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: check for refcount if pop a stacked dst

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Date:	Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: check for refcount if pop a stacked dst_entry

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:06:47 +0200

> Le vendredi 04 juin 2010 à 13:57 +0200, Steffen Klassert a écrit :
>> xfrm triggers a warning if dst_pop() drops a refcount
>> on a noref dst. This patch changes dst_pop() to
>> skb_dst_pop(). skb_dst_pop() drops the refcnt only
>> on a refcounted dst. Also we don't clone the child
>> dst_entry, so it is not refcounted and we can use
>> skb_dst_set_noref() in xfrm_output_one().
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
>> ---
> 
> Thanks a lot Steffen !
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks guys!
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