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netpoll: take rcu_read_lock_bh() in netpoll_send_skb_on_dev()

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This patch fixes several problems in the call path of
netpoll_send_skb_on_dev():

1. Disable IRQ's before calling netpoll_send_skb_on_dev().

2. All the callees of netpoll_send_skb_on_dev() should use
   rcu_dereference_bh() to dereference ->npinfo.

3. Rename arp_reply() to netpoll_arp_reply(), the former is too generic.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Amerigo Wang 2012-08-10 01:24:42 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent 91fe4a4b9e
commit 2899656b49
2 changed files with 20 additions and 14 deletions
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@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev);
static inline void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(np, skb, np->dev);
local_irq_restore(flags);
}