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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Cc: Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@visp.net.lb>,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:30:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339104606.6001.4.camel@edumazet-glaptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120607205356.GA2491@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 22:53 +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:

> Any reason why it could not be made LLTX ?
> 

>  /* via l2tp_session_priv() */
> @@ -87,25 +95,56 @@ static int l2tp_eth_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct l2tp_eth *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>  	struct l2tp_session *session = priv->session;
> +	struct l2tp_eth_stats *tstats = &priv->tstats;
>  
>  	l2tp_xmit_skb(session, skb, session->hdr_len);
>  
> -	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
> -	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
> +	u64_stats_update_begin(&tstats->syncp);
> +	tstats->packets++;
> +	tstats->bytes += skb->len;
> +	u64_stats_update_end(&tstats->syncp);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  

Its racy.

If LLTX is used, this means several cpus can execute this code at the
same time.

You need percpu stats, or use atomic primitives.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-07 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-06  9:54 Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1 Denys Fedoryshchenko
2012-06-07 20:53 ` Francois Romieu
2012-06-07 21:30   ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2012-06-07 22:37     ` Francois Romieu
2012-06-08  5:47       ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-08 15:41         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-06-08 15:56           ` Denys Fedoryshchenko
2012-06-08 16:04             ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-10 12:14               ` Hong zhi guo
2012-06-10 13:31                 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-10 13:38                   ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-25 15:35 ` [PATCH] net: l2tp_eth: use LLTX to avoid LOCKDEP splats Eric Dumazet
2012-06-26 23:43   ` David Miller

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