netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5 net-next] rhashtable: Extend RCU read lock into rhashtable_insert

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:40:44 +0000
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5 net-next] rhashtable: Extend RCU read lock into
 rhashtable_insert_rehash()

On 03/24/15 at 02:18pm, Thomas Graf wrote:
> @@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ restart:
>  	if (unlikely(rht_grow_above_100(ht, tbl))) {
>  slow_path:
>  		spin_unlock_bh(lock);
> -		rcu_read_unlock();
>  		err = rhashtable_insert_rehash(ht);
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>  		if (err)
>  			return err;

An alternative would be to start a new RCU section inside
rhashtable_insert_rehash(). This was the easier fix but I'm
fine either way.
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