| Message ID | 1286980984.3876.679.camel@edumazet-laptop |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:43:04 +0200 > fib_nl_delrule() calls synchronize_rcu() for no apparent reason, > while rtnl is held. > > I suspect it was done to avoid an atomic_inc_not_zero() in > fib_rules_lookup(), which commit 7fa7cb7109d07 added anyway. > > 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/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c index 21698f8..1bc3f25 100644 --- a/net/core/fib_rules.c +++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c @@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ static int fib_nl_delrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg) } } - synchronize_rcu(); notify_rule_change(RTM_DELRULE, rule, ops, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid); fib_rule_put(rule);
fib_nl_delrule() calls synchronize_rcu() for no apparent reason, while rtnl is held. I suspect it was done to avoid an atomic_inc_not_zero() in fib_rules_lookup(), which commit 7fa7cb7109d07 added anyway. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> --- net/core/fib_rules.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) -- 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