netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/8] flow_dissector: Don't grab update-side lock on prog detach from pre

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 10:35:36 -0700
From:   sdf@...gle.com
To:     Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...udflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/8] flow_dissector: Don't grab update-side lock
 on prog detach from pre_exit

On 05/27, Jakub Sitnicki wrote:
> When there are no references to struct net left, that is check_net(net) is
> false, we don't need to synchronize updates to flow_dissector prog with  
> BPF
> prog attach/detach callbacks. That allows us to pull locking up from the
> shared detach routine and into the bpf prog detach callback.

> Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>