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Cong Wang e2ef754453 net_sched: fix reference counting of tc filter chain
This patch fixes the following ugliness of tc filter chain refcnt:

a) tp proto should hold a refcnt to the chain too. This significantly
   simplifies the logic.

b) Chain 0 is no longer special, it is created with refcnt=1 like any
   other chains. All the ugliness in tcf_chain_put() can be gone!

c) No need to handle the flushing oddly, because block still holds
   chain 0, it can not be released, this guarantees block is the last
   user.

d) The race condition with RCU callbacks is easier to handle with just
   a rcu_barrier(). Much easier to understand, nothing to hide. Thanks
   to the previous patch. Please see also the comments in code.

e) Make the code understandable by humans, much less error-prone.

Fixes: 744a4cf63e ("net: sched: fix use after free when tcf_chain_destroy is called multiple times")
Fixes: 5bc1701881 ("net: sched: introduce multichain support for filters")
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-09-12 20:41:02 -07:00
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drivers smsc95xx: Configure pause time to 0xffff when tx flow control enabled 2017-09-12 20:36:30 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs More RDMA work and some op-structure constification from Chuck Lever, 2017-09-09 13:31:49 -07:00
include net_sched: get rid of tcfa_rcu 2017-09-12 20:41:02 -07:00
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kernel perf/bpf: fix a clang compilation issue 2017-09-11 14:28:45 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.