netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 02/17] net: sched: protect chain->explicitly

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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:15:29 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 02/17] net: sched: protect
 chain->explicitly_created with block->lock

Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:55:33AM CET, vladbu@...lanox.com wrote:
>In order to remove dependency on rtnl lock, protect
>tcf_chain->explicitly_created flag with block->lock. Consolidate code that
>checks and resets 'explicitly_created' flag into __tcf_chain_put() to
>execute it atomically with rest of code that puts chain reference.
>
>Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>