[PATCH 4/5] sctp: protocol.c call rcu_barrier() on unload.

Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2009-06-08T13:11:43Z

On module unload call rcu_barrier(), this is needed as synchronize_rcu()
is not strong enough. The kmem_cache_destroy() does invoke
synchronize_rcu() but it does not provide same protection.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
---

net/sctp/protocol.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index cb2c50d..79cbd47 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,8 @@ SCTP_STATIC __exit void sctp_exit(void)
sctp_proc_exit();
cleanup_sctp_mibs();

+ rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */
+
kmem_cache_destroy(sctp_chunk_cachep);
kmem_cache_destroy(sctp_bucket_cachep);
}