netdev - Re: [PATCH] inetpeer: reduce stack usage

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Message-Id: <20110412.135848.104047454.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:58:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shimoda.hiroaki@...il.com, lkml@...tdoyle.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inetpeer: reduce stack usage

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:55:23 +0200

> Le mardi 12 avril 2011 à 23:51 +0900, Hiroaki SHIMODA a écrit :
> 
>> I couldn't understand that actually cleanup_once() was called
>> from inet_getpeer() and then the stack overflow was hit,
>> but this patch surely reduces stack usage.
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Hiroaki SHIMODA <shimoda.hiroaki@...il.com>
>> 
> 
> Well, I dont believe we actually hit a stack overflow in Scot Doyle
> reported crashes, but it certainly is better to use a bit less stack
> anyway ;)
> 
> Thanks for reviewing !

Applied, thanks everyone.
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