netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: do not abuse GFP_ATOMIC in inet6_netconf_notify

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2016 09:58:28 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: do not abuse GFP_ATOMIC in
 inet6_netconf_notify_devconf()

Le 08/07/2016 05:46, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> All inet6_netconf_notify_devconf() callers are in process context,
> so we can use GFP_KERNEL allocations if we take care of not holding
> a rwlock while not needed in ip6mr (we hold RTNL there)
> 
> 
> Fixes: d67b8c616b48 ("netconf: advertise mc_forwarding status")
> Fixes: f3a1bfb11ccb ("rtnl/ipv6: use netconf msg to advertise forwarding status")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>

Also nice, thanks.