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Re: [patch] ipvs: Use atomic operations atomicly

To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [patch] ipvs: Use atomic operations atomicly
Cc: lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 홍신 shin hong <hongshin@xxxxxxxxx>, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:49:09 +1000
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 02:22:26PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Simon Horman wrote:
> > A pointed out by Shin Hong, IPVS doesn't always use atomic operations
> > in an atomic manner. While this seems unlikely to be manifest in
> > strange behaviour, it seems appropriate to clean this up.
> > 
> > Cc: 홍신 shin hong <hongshin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
> >     if (af == AF_INET &&
> >         (ip_vs_sync_state & IP_VS_STATE_MASTER) &&
> >         (((cp->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP ||
> >            cp->state == IP_VS_TCP_S_ESTABLISHED) &&
> > -         (atomic_read(&cp->in_pkts) % sysctl_ip_vs_sync_threshold[1]
> > +         (pkts % sysctl_ip_vs_sync_threshold[1]
> 
> It seems that proc_do_sync_threshold() should check whether this value
> is zero. The current checks also look racy since incorrect values are
> first updated, then overwritten again.

Thanks, I'll look into that.
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