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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/1 v2] Re: [BUG] fib_tries related Oops in 2.6.30
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From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:08:01 +0200

> ipv4: Fix fib_trie rebalancing, part 2
>
> My previous patch, which explicitly delays freeing of tnodes by adding
> them to the list to flush them after the update is finished, isn't
> strict enough. It treats exceptionally tnodes without parent, assuming
> they are newly created, so "invisible" for the read side yet.
>
> But the top tnode doesn't have parent as well, so we have to exclude
> all exceptions (at least until a better way is found). Additionally we
> need to move rcu assignment of this node before flushing, so the
> return type of the trie_rebalance() function is changed.
>
> Reported-by: Yan Zheng <zheng.yan@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Jarek.


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