Re: [PATCH RT 3/4] net: netfilter: Serialize xt_write_recseq sections on RT
From: Peter LaDow <hidden>
Date: 2012-11-02 00:36:31
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From: Peter LaDow <hidden>
Date: 2012-11-02 00:36:31
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Steven Rostedt [off-list ref] wrote:
From: Thomas Gleixner <redacted> The netfilter code relies only on the implicit semantics of local_bh_disable() for serializing wt_write_recseq sections. RT breaks that and needs explicit serialization here. Reported-by: Peter LaDow <redacted> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
diff --git a/include/linux/locallock.h b/include/linux/locallock.h index f1804a3..a5eea5d 100644
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h index 32cddf7..bed90da2 100644
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c index 899b71c..5db16ea 100644
I'm have a setup running 3.0.48-rt72. It's been running about 8 hours so far, and tomorrow I'll know if there's been any problems. I'm confident things will be fine tomorrow, and at that time I'll be glad to attach a Tested-by tag. Thanks, Pete