netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: Updates to netif_index_is

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Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: Updates to netif_index_is_vrf

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:49:20 -0600

> As Eric noted netif_index_is_vrf is not called with rcu_read_lock held,
> so wrap the dev_get_by_index_rcu in rcu_read_lock and unlock.
> 
> If VRF is not enabled or oif is 0 skip the device lookup. In both cases
> index cannot be the VRF master.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - per Florian's suggestion keep the dev_get_by_index_rcu and wrap with
>   rcu_read_lock/unlock versus moving to dev_get_by_index with dev_hold/put

Applied, thanks.
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