On Tue 15 May 2018 at 11:24, Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> wrote: > Mon, May 14, 2018 at 04:27:08PM CEST, vla...@mellanox.com wrote: >>Change action API to assume that action init function always takes >>reference to action, even when overwriting existing action. This is >>necessary because action API continues to use action pointer after init >>function is done. At this point action becomes accessible for concurrent >>modifications so user must always hold reference to it. >> >>Implement helper put list function to atomically release list of actions >>after action API init code is done using them. >> >>Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vla...@mellanox.com> >>--- >> net/sched/act_api.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++--------------------- >> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) >> > > [...] > > >>@@ -1196,8 +1190,7 @@ tca_action_gd(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla, >>struct nlmsghdr *n, >> return ret; >> } >> err: >>- if (event != RTM_GETACTION) > > Howcome you do this for RTM_GETACTION now too? Where is the related > "get"?
In patch 5. There is always a possibility of concurrent delete without rtnl lock so all usages of action pointers were converted to hold reference to action. > > >>- tcf_action_destroy(&actions, 0); >>+ tcf_action_put_lst(&actions); >> return ret; >> } >> > > [...]
