netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: disable BH in set_ping_group

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:32:00 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Eric Salo <salo@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: disable BH in set_ping_group_range()

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> In commit 4ee3bd4a8c746 ("ipv4: disable BH when changing ip local port
> range") Cong added BH protection in set_local_port_range() but missed
> that same fix was needed in set_ping_group_range()

Don't know why ping_group_range shares the same lock with local_port_range...
Perhaps just for saving a few bytes, but that is why I missed this place.