netdev - Re: [patch net] sched: cls_flower: remove from hashtable only in case skip sw flag is not set

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:04:56 +0200
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
Cc:     Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Elad Raz <eladr@...lanox.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net] sched: cls_flower: remove from hashtable only in case
 skip sw flag is not set

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
> Be symmetric to hashtable insert and remove filter from hashtable only
> in case skip sw flag is not set.
>
> Fixes: e69985c67c33 ("net/sched: cls_flower: Introduce support in SKIP SW flag")

Amir, Jiri - what was the impact of running without this fix for the
last 3-4 kernels? I haven't seen any crashes, is that leaking took
place? or this is just a cleanup to make things more clear and
maintainable?