netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 1/1] net_sched: Introduce skbmod action

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:20:04 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
        john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 1/1] net_sched: Introduce skbmod action

On Mon, 2016-09-12 at 16:10 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> 
> diff --git a/net/core/gen_stats.c b/net/core/gen_stats.c
> index 508e051304fb62627e61b5065b2325edd1b84f2e..dc9dd8ae7d5405f76c775278dac7689655b21041 100644
> --- a/net/core/gen_stats.c
> +++ b/net/core/gen_stats.c
> @@ -142,10 +142,14 @@ __gnet_stats_copy_basic(const seqcount_t *running,
>  		return;
>  	}
>  	do {
> -		if (running)
> +		if (running) {
> +			local_bh_disable();
>  			seq = read_seqcount_begin(running);
> +		}
>  		bstats->bytes = b->bytes;
>  		bstats->packets = b->packets;
> +		if (running)
> +			local_bh_enable();
>  	} while (running && read_seqcount_retry(running, seq));
>  }

Ah well, forget this patch, re-enabling bh right before
read_seqcount_retry() is not going to help.