netdev - Re: [Patch net] net: revert "net_sched: move tp->root allocation into fw

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:34:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akshat.1984@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [Patch net] net: revert "net_sched: move tp->root allocation
 into fw_init()"

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:01:11 -0700

> fw filter uses tp->root==NULL to check if it is the old method,
> so it doesn't need allocation at all in this case. This patch
> reverts the offending commit and adds some comments for old
> method to make it obvious.
> 
> Fixes: 33f8b9ecdb15 ("net_sched: move tp->root allocation into fw_init()")
> Reported-by: Akshat Kakkar <akshat.1984@...il.com>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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