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

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Date:	Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:06:47 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: check for refcount if pop a stacked dst_entry

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>



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