Re: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: nf_conntrack: remove the unneed check for *bucket

From: Weidong Wang
Date: Sat Jan 30 2016 - 22:37:33 EST


On 2016/1/31 5:30, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In the 'for(...) {}', the *bucket alwasy < net->ct.htable_size,
>> so remove the check
>> @@ -1383,14 +1383,12 @@ get_next_corpse(struct net *net, int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data),
>> lockp = &nf_conntrack_locks[*bucket % CONNTRACK_LOCKS];
>> local_bh_disable();
>> spin_lock(lockp);
>> - if (*bucket < net->ct.htable_size) {
>
> AFAIU net->ct.htable_size can shrink between for-test and aquiring
> the bucket lockp, so this additional if-test is needed.
>

ok, Got it.
So ignore this patch.

Regards,
Weidong

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