netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: pfifo_fast: fix wrong dereference when qdisc is reset

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:15:19 +0200
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Li Shuang <shuali@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: pfifo_fast: fix wrong dereference when
 qdisc is reset

hello Stefano,

thanks for looking at this.

On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 11:50 +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:15:16 +0200
> Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com> wrote:
[...]
> @@ -688,12 +688,14 @@ static void pfifo_fast_reset(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
> >  			kfree_skb(skb);
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> > -		struct gnet_stats_queue *q = per_cpu_ptr(qdisc->cpu_qstats, i);
> > +	if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(qdisc))
> 
> This needs curly brackets, as the block has multiple lines (for coding
> style only).

If I well read Documentation/process/coding-style.rst, at the end of
section 3), this rule should apply to loops. But I'm fine with the curly
brace here, if checkpatch doesn't say anything.

I will add it in v2. 

> > +		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> > +			struct gnet_stats_queue *q =
> > +				per_cpu_ptr(qdisc->cpu_qstats, i);
> 
> And you could split declaration and assignment here, it takes two lines
> anyway and becomes more readable.

ok, I will do that in v2.

thanks!
-- 
davide