netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: pmtu

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: pmtu_expires fixes

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:07:07 +0200

> commit 2c8cec5c10bc (ipv4: Cache learned PMTU information in inetpeer)
> added some racy peer->pmtu_expires accesses.
> 
> As its value can be changed by another cpu/thread, we should be more
> careful, reading its value once.
> 
> Add peer_pmtu_expired() and peer_pmtu_cleaned() helpers
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

I've decided to apply this to net-2.6, thanks Eric.
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