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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Vinay K Nallamothu <vinay-rc@naturesoft.net>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.0-test4][IPv6] ip6_flowlabel.c: timer cleanups
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:25:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030827232514.0854fc06.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1061907882.1108.28.camel@lima.royalchallenge.com>

On 26 Aug 2003 19:54:41 +0530
Vinay K Nallamothu <vinay-rc@naturesoft.net> wrote:

> @@ -104,10 +105,9 @@
>  			fl->opt = NULL;
>  			kfree(opt);
>  		}
> -		if (!del_timer(&ip6_fl_gc_timer) ||
> -		    (long)(ip6_fl_gc_timer.expires - ttd) > 0)
> -			ip6_fl_gc_timer.expires = ttd;
> -		add_timer(&ip6_fl_gc_timer);
> +		if (!timer_pending(&ip6_fl_gc_timer) ||
> +		    time_after(ip6_fl_gc_timer.expires, ttd))
> +			mod_timer(&ip6_fl_gc_timer, ttd);
>  	}
>  }
>  

This code is still racey.  This code needs to hold the
toplevel ip6_fl_lock during the GC timer manipulations
and tests.

      reply	other threads:[~2003-08-28  6:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-26 14:24 [PATCH 2.6.0-test4][IPv6] ip6_flowlabel.c: timer cleanups Vinay K Nallamothu
2003-08-28  6:25 ` David S. Miller [this message]

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