Re: [RFC PATCH] [IPV6]: Fix race in route selection.

2006-04-28 Thread David S. Miller
From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:04:56 +0900 (JST) > We eliminated rt6_dflt_lock (to protect default router pointer) > at 2.6.17-rc1, and introduced rt6_select() for general router selection. > The function is called in the context of rt6_lock read-lock held, >

[RFC PATCH] [IPV6]: Fix race in route selection.

2006-04-27 Thread YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
Hello. We eliminated rt6_dflt_lock (to protect default router pointer) at 2.6.17-rc1, and introduced rt6_select() for general router selection. The function is called in the context of rt6_lock read-lock held, but this means, we have some race conditions when we do round-robin. Am I correct? If