On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:41:05 +0800 Ying Xue <[email protected]> wrote:
> The following call chains indicate that vxlan_fdb_parse() is > under rtnl_lock protection. So if we use __dev_get_by_index() > instead of dev_get_by_index() to find interface handler in it, > this would help us avoid to change interface reference counter. > > rtnetlink_rcv() > rtnl_lock() > netlink_rcv_skb() > rtnl_fdb_add() > vxlan_fdb_add() > vxlan_fdb_parse() > rtnl_unlock() > > rtnetlink_rcv() > rtnl_lock() > netlink_rcv_skb() > rtnl_fdb_del() > vxlan_fdb_del() > vxlan_fdb_parse() > rtnl_unlock() > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <[email protected]> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
