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

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Date:   Mon, 9 Mar 2020 18:58:25 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, 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()



On 3/9/20 6:33 PM, David Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 

Sure thing ;)