Re: [PATCH stable v4.19] tipc: clean up skb list lock handling on send path

2020-07-24 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 10:41:57AM -0700, Aviraj CJ wrote: > From: Jon Maloy > > upstream e654f9f53b45fde3fcc8051830b212c7a8f36148 commit > > The policy for handling the skb list locks on the send and receive paths > is simple. > > - On the send path we never need to grab the lock on the

[PATCH stable v4.19] tipc: clean up skb list lock handling on send path

2020-07-22 Thread Aviraj CJ
From: Jon Maloy upstream e654f9f53b45fde3fcc8051830b212c7a8f36148 commit The policy for handling the skb list locks on the send and receive paths is simple. - On the send path we never need to grab the lock on the 'xmitq' list when the destination is an exernal node. - On the receive path