From: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss-Sxgqhf6Nn4DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Jesse Gross <jesse-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
<pshelar-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
<dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: Disable bottom half when grabbing stats lock in userspace context
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:10:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <530FB7DD.6000500@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393538677-21268-1-git-send-email-zoltan.kiss-Sxgqhf6Nn4DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
On 27/02/14 22:04, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
> The megaflow feature introduced per-CPU stats, and the new code did some
> refactoring as well [1]. However the new functions doesn't disable bottom halves
> when locking the stat, and as they can be called from userspace context, they
> can be interrupted by netif_receive_skb.
Just forget about this, I'll send in soon the version with *_bh locks.
Zoli
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2014-02-27 22:04 [PATCH] openvswitch: Disable bottom half when grabbing stats lock in userspace context Zoltan Kiss
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2014-02-27 22:10 ` Zoltan Kiss [this message]
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