On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:09:33 +0200 Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> The flow_lookup() function uses per CPU variables, which must be called
> with BH disabled. However, this is fine in the general NAPI use case
> where the local BH is disabled. But, it's also called from the netlink
> context. The below patch makes sure that even in the netlink path, the
> BH is disabled.
>
> In addition, u64_stats_update_begin() requires a lock to ensure one writer
> which is not ensured here. Making it per-CPU and disabling NAPI (softirq)
> ensures that there is always only one writer.
>
> Fixes: eac87c413bf9 ("net: openvswitch: reorder masks array based on usage")
> Reported-by: Juri Lelli <jle...@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <echau...@redhat.com>
Hi Eelco, looks like this doesn't apply after the 5.10 merges.
Please respin on top of the current net.
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