Re: [PATCH] ipv6: rework the lock in addrconf_permanent_addr

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>]

Hello.

On 4/8/2016 12:22 PM, roy.qing.li@gmail.com wrote:

> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
>
> 1. nothing of idev is changed, so read lock is enough
> 2. ifp is changed, so used ifp->lock or cmpxchg to protect it
>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
> ---
>   net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> index 27aed1a..f6e7605b 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
[...]
> @@ -3212,7 +3221,12 @@ static int fixup_permanent_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev,
>   		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rt)))
>   			return PTR_ERR(rt);
>
> -		ifp->rt = rt;
> +		prev = cmpxchg(&ifp->rt, NULL, rt);
> +
> +		/*if cmpxchg failed*/

    Please add spaces after /* and before */

> +		if (prev) {
> +			ip6_rt_put(rt);
> +		}

    {} not needed here, please remove.

[...]

MBR, Sergei