netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: sched: flower: refactor reoffload for concurrent access

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Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:49:33 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: sched: flower: refactor reoffload for
 concurrent access

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:20:47 +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
> @@ -1551,6 +1558,10 @@ static int fl_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
>  		goto errout_mask;
>  
>  	if (!tc_skip_hw(fnew->flags)) {
> +		spin_lock(&tp->lock);
> +		list_add(&fnew->hw_list, &head->hw_filters);
> +		spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
> +
>  		err = fl_hw_replace_filter(tp, fnew, rtnl_held, extack);
>  		if (err)
>  			goto errout_ht;

Duplicated deletes should be fine, but I'm not sure same is true for
adds.  Won't seeing an add with the same cookie twice confuse drivers?

There's also the minor issue of offloaded count being off in that
case :)