| Message ID | 4AEE6E97.5070809@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:31:03 +0100 > We can avoid touching device refcount in icmp_send(), > using dev_get_by_index_rcu() > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c index 84adb57..fe11f60 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c @@ -501,15 +501,16 @@ void icmp_send(struct sk_buff *skb_in, int type, int code, __be32 info) if (!(rt->rt_flags & RTCF_LOCAL)) { struct net_device *dev = NULL; + rcu_read_lock(); if (rt->fl.iif && net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr) - dev = dev_get_by_index(net, rt->fl.iif); + dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, rt->fl.iif); - if (dev) { + if (dev) saddr = inet_select_addr(dev, 0, RT_SCOPE_LINK); - dev_put(dev); - } else + else saddr = 0; + rcu_read_unlock(); } tos = icmp_pointers[type].error ? ((iph->tos & IPTOS_TOS_MASK) |
We can avoid touching device refcount in icmp_send(), using dev_get_by_index_rcu() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> --- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html