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

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Date:	Sat, 09 Jul 2016 18:14:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	masashi.honma@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: do not abuse GFP_ATOMIC in
 inet6_netconf_notify_devconf()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 05:46:04 +0200

> 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>

Applied.