Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] : __in_dev_get_rtnl() can usertnl_dereference()

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:37:42 +0100

> Le mercredi 01 décembre 2010 à 12:21 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> 
>> Same here. RTNL is held. Please use __in_dev_get_rtnl()
> 
> By the way we can use rtnl_dereference() in __in_dev_get_rtnl()
> 
> [PATCH net-next-2.6] : __in_dev_get_rtnl() can use rtnl_dereference()
> 
> If caller holds RTNL, we dont need a memory barrier
> (smp_read_barrier_depends) included in rcu_dereference().
> 
> Just use rtnl_dereference() to properly document the assertions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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