netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 1/6] sctp: add sctp_info dump api for sctp

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Date:	Sat, 09 Apr 2016 10:31:15 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:	network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>, daniel@...earbox.net,
	davem <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 1/6] sctp: add sctp_info dump api for
 sctp_diag

On Sun, 2016-04-10 at 00:10 +0800, Xin Long wrote:

> 1. sctp_diag_dump_one -> sctp_transport_lookup_process-> sctp_tsp_dump_one
> this one just holds the tsp. and we're using  list_for_each_safe here now,
> isn't it enough ?

list_for_each_safe is 'safe' if you do a list_del() yourself.

It is not safe if other cpus are adding/deleting items in the list while
this thread is iterating it.