netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: avoid a dst_entry refcount change in ipv6_destopt

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Message-Id: <20110801.015558.1067460554428695878.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:55:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: avoid a dst_entry refcount change in
 ipv6_destopt_rcv()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:35 +0200

> ipv6_destopt_rcv() runs with rcu_read_lock(), so there is no need to
> take a temporay reference on dst_entry, even if skb is freed by
> ip6_parse_tlv()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

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