From 536b2e92f1b7a86e177aeced097e4c051eeebe7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:21:06 +0100 Subject: ipv6: no more dev_put() in datagram_send_ctl() Avoids touching device refcount in datagram_send_ctl(), thanks to RCU Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/datagram.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ipv6') diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c index 9f70452a69e7..e6f9cdf780fe 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c +++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c @@ -537,12 +537,17 @@ int datagram_send_ctl(struct net *net, addr_type = __ipv6_addr_type(&src_info->ipi6_addr); + rcu_read_lock(); if (fl->oif) { - dev = dev_get_by_index(net, fl->oif); - if (!dev) + dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, fl->oif); + if (!dev) { + rcu_read_unlock(); return -ENODEV; - } else if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) + } + } else if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) { + rcu_read_unlock(); return -EINVAL; + } if (addr_type != IPV6_ADDR_ANY) { int strict = __ipv6_addr_src_scope(addr_type) <= IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL; @@ -553,8 +558,7 @@ int datagram_send_ctl(struct net *net, ipv6_addr_copy(&fl->fl6_src, &src_info->ipi6_addr); } - if (dev) - dev_put(dev); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (err) goto exit_f; -- cgit v1.2.3