netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] ipv6: convert fib6_ref to refcount

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Message-ID: <6324515e-eb64-0699-92dc-8b88bd4b2c5c@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:37:19 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] ipv6: convert fib6_ref to refcount_t

On 4/22/19 7:35 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> We suspect some issues involving fib6_ref 0 -> 1 transitions might
> cause strange syzbot reports.
> 
> Lets convert fib6_ref to refcount_t to catch them earlier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> ---
>  include/net/ip6_fib.h | 8 ++++----
>  net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c    | 6 +++---
>  net/ipv6/route.c      | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

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