netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] tcp_metrics: add missing barriers on delete

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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:09:36 +0200
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] tcp_metrics: add missing barriers on delete

On 9/22/23 4:03 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> When removing an item from RCU protected list, we must prevent
> store-tearing, using rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE().
> 
> Fixes: 04f721c671656 ("tcp_metrics: Rewrite tcp_metrics_flush_all")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>