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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sched: act_skbedit: remove dependency on
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Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 10:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
Date: Mon,  3 Sep 2018 10:07:15 +0300

> According to the new locking rule, we have to take tcf_lock for both
> ->init() and ->dump(), as RTNL will be removed.
> 
> Use tcf lock to protect skbedit action struct private data from concurrent
> modification in init and dump. Use rcu swap operation to reassign params
> pointer under protection of tcf lock. (old params value is not used by
> init, so there is no need of standalone rcu dereference step)
> 
> Remove rtnl lock assertion that is no longer required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>

Applied.