netdev - [PATCH net 0/2] VXLAN/geneve RCU fixes

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:43:35 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     oss-drivers@...ronome.com, kubakici@...pl,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
        "John W . Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 0/2] VXLAN/geneve RCU fixes

Hi!

VXLAN and GENEVE need to take RCU lock explicitly because TX path
only has the _bh() flavour of RCU locked.  Making the reconfiguration
path wait for both normal and _bh() RCU would be bigger hassle so
just acquire the lock, as suggested by Pravin:

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg155583.html

Jakub Kicinski (2):
  vxlan: lock RCU on TX path
  geneve: lock RCU on TX path

 drivers/net/geneve.c | 2 ++
 drivers/net/vxlan.c  | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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