netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix a lockdep splat

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2016 09:39:17 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix a lockdep splat

On 03.02.2016 02:55, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> Silence lockdep false positive about rcu_dereference() being
> used in the wrong context.
>
> First one should use rcu_dereference_protected() as we own the spinlock.
 >
> Second one should be a normal assignation, as no barrier is needed.

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>