netdev - Re: [patch net-next v4 3/7] switchdev: remove pointers from switchdev objects

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Message-ID: <561C8C27.20604@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:44:23 -0700
From:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
	Elad Raz <eladr@...lanox.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	"andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 3/7] switchdev: remove pointers from switchdev
 objects

On 15-10-12 08:01 PM, Scott Feldman wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>>
>> When object is used in deferred work, we cannot use pointers in
>> switchdev object structures because the memory they point at may be already
>> used by someone else. So rather do local copy of the value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
> 

also fwiw

Reviewed-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
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