[ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next 2/3] netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Tue Aug 5 05:58:39 UTC 2014


From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 07:50:07 +0200

> [PATCH net-next] netlink: fix lockdep splats
> 
> With netlink_lookup() conversion to RCU, we need to use appropriate
> rcu dereference in netlink_seq_socket_idx() & netlink_seq_next()
> 
> Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin at oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
> Fixes: e341694e3eb57fc ("netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table")

Applied, thanks Eric.



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