netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipvlan: do not use cond_resched_rcu() in ipvlan_process

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Date:   Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, maheshb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipvlan: do not use cond_resched_rcu() in
 ipvlan_process_multicast()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2020 18:22:58 -0700

> Commit e18b353f102e ("ipvlan: add cond_resched_rcu() while
> processing muticast backlog") added a cond_resched_rcu() in a loop
> using rcu protection to iterate over slaves.
> 
> This is breaking rcu rules, so lets instead use cond_resched()
> at a point we can reschedule
> 
> Fixes: e18b353f102e ("ipvlan: add cond_resched_rcu() while processing muticast backlog")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks for the quick fix Eric.