netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] llc: avoid blocking in llc_sap

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Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:05:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] llc: avoid blocking in llc_sap_close()

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:42:06 -0700

> llc_sap_close() is called by llc_sap_put() which
> could be called in BH context in llc_rcv(). We can't
> block in BH.
> 
> There is no reason to block it here, kfree_rcu() should
> be sufficient.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Cong.