READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends(), which means that the instances in arpt_do_table(), ipt_do_table(), and ip6t_do_table() are now redundant. This commit removes them and adjusts the comments. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 7 +------ net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 7 +------ net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 7 +------ 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c index f88221aebc9d..d242c2d29161 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c @@ -202,13 +202,8 @@ unsigned int arpt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb, local_bh_disable(); addend = xt_write_recseq_begin(); - private = table->private; + private = READ_ONCE(table->private); /* Address dependency. */ cpu = smp_processor_id(); - /* - * Ensure we load private-> members after we've fetched the base - * pointer. - */ - smp_read_barrier_depends(); table_base = private->entries; jumpstack = (struct arpt_entry **)private->jumpstack[cpu]; diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c index 4cbe5e80f3bf..46866cc24a84 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c @@ -260,13 +260,8 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb, WARN_ON(!(table->valid_hooks & (1 << hook))); local_bh_disable(); addend = xt_write_recseq_begin(); - private = table->private; + private = READ_ONCE(table->private); /* Address dependency. */ cpu = smp_processor_id(); - /* - * Ensure we load private-> members after we've fetched the base - * pointer. - */ - smp_read_barrier_depends(); table_base = private->entries; jumpstack = (struct ipt_entry **)private->jumpstack[cpu]; diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c index f06e25065a34..ac1db84722a7 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c @@ -282,12 +282,7 @@ ip6t_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb, local_bh_disable(); addend = xt_write_recseq_begin(); - private = table->private; - /* - * Ensure we load private-> members after we've fetched the base - * pointer. - */ - smp_read_barrier_depends(); + private = READ_ONCE(table->private); /* Address dependency. */ cpu = smp_processor_id(); table_base = private->entries; jumpstack = (struct ip6t_entry **)private->jumpstack[cpu]; -- 2.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
