Thread (5 messages) flat view 5 messages, 3 authors, 2012-08-08

Re: [PATCH] net: fib: fix incorrect call_rcu_bh()

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-08-08 22:57:58

From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:47:11 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

After IP route cache removal, I believe rcu_bh() has very little use and
we should remove this RCU variant, since it adds some cycles in fast
path.

Anyway, the call_rcu_bh() use in fib_true is obviously wrong, since
some users only assert rcu_read_lock().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <redacted>
Applied, thanks.
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