netdev - [PATCH 03/28] netfilter: ipt_REJECT: avoid touching dst ref

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Date:	Mon,  2 Aug 2010 21:57:20 +0200
From:	kaber@...sh.net
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/28] netfilter: ipt_REJECT: avoid touching dst ref

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

We can avoid a pair of atomic ops in ipt_REJECT send_reset()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
index 3d0e064..b254daf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static void send_reset(struct sk_buff *oldskb, int hook)
 		addr_type = RTN_LOCAL;
 
 	/* ip_route_me_harder expects skb->dst to be set */
-	skb_dst_set(nskb, dst_clone(skb_dst(oldskb)));
+	skb_dst_set_noref(nskb, skb_dst(oldskb));
 
 	if (ip_route_me_harder(nskb, addr_type))
 		goto free_nskb;
-- 
1.7.1

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