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Re: [PATCH ipvs] ipvs: call skb_sender_cpu_clear

To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipvs] ipvs: call skb_sender_cpu_clear
Cc: lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:43:39 +0300 (EEST)
        Hello,

On Thu, 9 Jul 2015, Simon Horman wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 11:15:27AM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> > Reset XPS's sender_cpu on forwarding.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> >  I see similar patches for other forwarding places...
> > that is the reason for this patch.
> 
> Am I right in thinking this is not a bug fix?

        I saw Eric fixes for sender_cpu. Here are
some references:

- from today @netdev, targets net tree:
bridge: fix potential crash in __netdev_pick_tx()

- this commit explains the problem:
commit c29390c6dfee ("xps: must clear sender_cpu before forwarding")

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
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