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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
Cc: ja@ssi.bg, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] netfilter: Remove duplicated rcu_read_lock.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 20:20:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170619182052.GA19682@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170605152125.24978-1-ap420073@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 12:21:25AM +0900, Taehee Yoo wrote:
> Some functions are called by nf_hook() and these
> functions hold rcu_read_lock() But nf_hook() already holds
> rcu_read_lock() therefore callee's rcu_read_lock() are useless.
> Below messages are calltrace.

Another comestic change, regarding commit log.

Instead of this large commit log, with all these call traces, I would
like to see a more comprehensive explanation per file, eg.

[...]
> 16. destroy_conntrack
> -nf_ct_destroy
> --nf_conntrack_destroy

destroy_destroy() is called from rcu protected callback function, so
rcu read side lock is already guaranteed.

[...]
> 17. __ctnetlink_glue_build

Another example: Called from packet path, netfilter hooks run under
rcu read lock side, so all packet path code is under rcu read side
lock.

If possible... No problem if you're non-native English speaker, most
of us are not, so some hints to understand why rcu_read_lock() is not
required in natural languages seems like a good fit for the git
repository IMO.

Don't get me wrong, the calltraces are fine for review, but I would
like we don't land such a loooong commit message in the netfilter
tree.

Thanks!

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-19 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-05 15:21 [PATCH V2] netfilter: Remove duplicated rcu_read_lock Taehee Yoo
2017-06-05 18:59 ` Julian Anastasov
2017-06-19 18:04 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2017-06-20 15:32   ` Taehee Yoo
2017-06-19 18:20 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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