netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Convert atomic_t net::count to refcount

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jan 2018 07:53:55 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Convert atomic_t net::count to refcount_t

On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 18:28 +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> Since net could be obtained from RCU lists,
> and there is a race with net destruction,
> the patch converts net::count to refcount_t.
> 
> This provides sanity checks for the cases of
> incrementing counter of already dead net,
> when maybe_get_net() has to used instead
> of get_net().
> 
> Drivers: allyesconfig and allmodconfig are OK.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
> ---

Is this patch targeting net or net-next tree ?

Thanks for doing that Kirill

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>