Thank you for the reply. On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 08:17:12PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > So if netlink_forward_ring() _actually_ sees an entry that we should > advance past, it will cycle through the whole ring, advancing ring->head > until it equals the "ring->head != head" loop test fails. > > We should definitely fix this bug first.
I should have realized it, sorry. I think the following patch will fix it, would you review it? > As per your patch, I wonder if a backwards scan would be faster. I think so, thanks. I will resend it after netlink_forward_ring() fix is applied. Thanks, Ken -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html