From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [SOCK]: Adds a rcu_dereference() in sk_filter Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:41:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20080108.234154.107152881.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4783DDBF.2040303@cosmosbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dada1@cosmosbay.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dim@openvz.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:48332 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751211AbYAIHlz (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 02:41:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Herbert Xu Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:17:06 +1100 > Eric Dumazet wrote: > > > > It seems commit fda9ef5d679b07c9d9097aaf6ef7f069d794a8f9 introduced a RCU > > protection for sk_filter(), without a rcu_dereference() > > > > Either we need a rcu_dereference(), either a comment should explain why we > > dont need it. I vote for the former. > > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet > > Acked-by: Herbert Xu Applied, thanks everyone.