netdev - Re: [PATCH] Add netdev all_adj_list refcnt propagation to fix panic

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Message-ID: <715a8d0a-9245-fd83-bf58-70f863c721f7@cradlepoint.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:04:42 -0600
From:   Andrew Collins <acollins@...dlepoint.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <vfalico@...il.com>, <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add netdev all_adj_list refcnt propagation to fix panic

On 09/28/2016 12:06 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> Andrew Collins posted this patch as RFC in March:
>     http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/603101/
>
> It has apparently fallen through the cracks and never applied.
>
> It solves a refcnt problem (thanks Nik for pointing out this patch)

I have been running the patch in production for the past few months without issue, in spite of my concerns about the potential side effects of the change.  That said, I suspect my use cases are a subset of yours.

If nobody has a better fix yet, I'm happy to respin this patch as non-RFC with proper signoff.

Regards,
Andrew Collins