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[net-next,2/4] bonding: use rcu_dereference() to access curr_active_slave

Message ID 1392970135-11904-3-git-send-email-dingtianhong@huawei.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ding Tianhong Feb. 21, 2014, 8:08 a.m. UTC
The bond_info_show_master already in RCU read-side critical section,
and the we access curr_active_slave without the curr_slave_lock, we
could not sure whether the curr_active_slave will be changed during
the processing, so use RCU to protected the pointer.

Cc: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
index 434df73..588cf39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@  static void bond_info_show_master(struct seq_file *seq)
 	struct slave *curr;
 	int i;
 
-	read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-	curr = bond->curr_active_slave;
-	read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+	curr = rcu_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave);
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "Bonding Mode: %s",
 		   bond_mode_name(bond->params.mode));