netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] net: core: generic XDP support for stacked device

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Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 17:21:45 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        xdp-newbies@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] net: core: generic XDP support for stacked
 device

Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:45:53PM CEST, stephen@...workplumber.org wrote:
>On Tue, 21 May 2019 08:15:36 +0200
>Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>
>> +	if (static_branch_unlikely(&generic_xdp_needed_key)) {
>> +		int ret2;
>> +
>> +		preempt_disable();
>> +		rcu_read_lock();
>> +		ret2 = do_xdp_generic(rcu_dereference(skb->dev->xdp_prog), skb);
>> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>> +		preempt_enable();
>> +
>> +		if (ret2 != XDP_PASS)
>> +			return NET_RX_DROP;
>> +	}
>> +
>
>rcu_read_lock is already held by callers of __netif_receive_skb_core

Sure, the purpose of the draft was just to show the idea.