netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv4: remove disable of bottom half in inet_rtm

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Date:   Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:55:37 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv4: remove disable of bottom half in
 inet_rtm_getroute

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Sat,  7 Jan 2017 20:04:23 -0800

> Nothing about the route lookup requires bottom half to be disabled.
> Remove the local_bh_disable ... local_bh_enable around ip_route_input.
> This appears to be a vestige of days gone by as it has been there
> since the beginning of git time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Agreed, this shouldn't be necessary.

The key with input route lookups is that the skb->dst reference cannot
escape the packet receive path, unless we force the dst, which
ip_route_input() does under RCU protection.

So this should all be ok.

Applied, thanks.