netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Avoid rt6_probe() taking writer lock in the fast path

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:43:29 -0700
From:	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Avoid rt6_probe() taking writer lock in
 the fast path

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:10:59AM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> You have to take "some" lock when accessing neigh->nud_state
> theoretically.
I don't think read_lock can buy us a lot of extra protection either.
If it has missed the train, the next ip6_pol_route() call will
trigger rt6_probe().  There are other places checking nud_state without
lock also.

Thanks,
--Martin
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