netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] ipv6: route: enforce RCU protection in rt6_update_exception_stamp

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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:57:30 -0500
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] ipv6: route: enforce RCU protection in
 rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt()

On 2/21/19 5:19 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> We must access rt6_info->from under RCU read lock: move the
> dereference under such lock, with proper annotation.
> 
> v1 -> v2:
>  - avoid using multiple, racy, fetch operations for rt->from
> 
> Fixes: a68886a69180 ("net/ipv6: Make from in rt6_info rcu protected")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Thanks for fixing.