Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net sched act_vlan: VLAN action rewrite to use RCU lock/unlock and update

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 06:27:07PM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Manish Kurup <kurup.manish@gmail.com> wrote:

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>> @@ -187,16 +196,33 @@ static int tcf_vlan_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
>>
>>         v = to_vlan(*a);
>>
>> -       spin_lock_bh(&v->tcf_lock);
>> -
>> -       v->tcfv_action = action;
>> -       v->tcfv_push_vid = push_vid;
>> -       v->tcfv_push_prio = push_prio;
>> -       v->tcfv_push_proto = push_proto;
>> +       ASSERT_RTNL();
>> +       p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +       if (unlikely(!p)) {
>> +               if (ovr)
>> +                       tcf_idr_release(*a, bind);
>> +               return -ENOMEM;
>> +       }
>>
>>         v->tcf_action = parm->action;
>>
>> -       spin_unlock_bh(&v->tcf_lock);
>> +       p_old = rtnl_dereference(v->vlan_p);
>> +
>> +       if (ovr)
>> +               spin_lock_bh(&v->tcf_lock);
>
>Why still take spinlock when you already have RTNL lock?
>What's the point?

Yeah, I believe this is copy&paste bug from act_skbmod