netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 1/1] net sched actions: fix GETing actions

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:32:03 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 1/1] net sched actions: fix GETing actions

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:21 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
>
> With the batch changes that translated transient actions into
> a temporary list we lost in the translation the fact that
> tcf_action_destroy() will eventually delete the action from
> the permanent location if the refcount is zero.
>
> Example of what broke:
> ...add a gact action to drop
> sudo $TC actions add action drop index 10
> ...now retrieve it, looks good
> sudo $TC actions get action gact index 10
> ...retrieve it again and find it is gone!
> sudo $TC actions get action gact index 10
>
> Fixes:
> 22dc13c837c3 ("net_sched: convert tcf_exts from list to pointer array"),
> 824a7e8863b3 ("net_sched: remove an unnecessary list_del()")
> f07fed82ad79 ("net_sched: remove the leftover cleanup_a()")
>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>

Maybe the changelog/comment needs slightly improved,
but that is a very minor issue. So,

Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>