netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/ipv6: prefer rcu_access_pointer() over rcu

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Message-Id: <20190215.202601.1835577554241663675.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:26:01 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/ipv6: prefer rcu_access_pointer() over
 rcu_dereference()

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:15:37 +0100

> rt6_cache_allowed_for_pmtu() checks for rt->from presence, but
> it does not access the RCU protected pointer. We can use
> rcu_access_pointer() and clean-up the code a bit. No functional
> changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.