[PATCH net 2/2] net: Use u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq() for stats fetch.
Simon Horman
simon.horman at corigine.com
Mon Aug 29 02:55:26 PDT 2022
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 01:36:45PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 32bit-UP u64_stats_fetch_begin() disables only preemption. If the
> reader is in preemptible context and the writer side
> (u64_stats_update_begin*()) runs in an interrupt context (IRQ or
> softirq) then the writer can update the stats during the read operation.
> This update remains undetected.
>
> Use u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq() to ensure the stats fetch on 32bit-UP
> are not interrupted by a writer. 32bit-SMP remains unaffected by this
> change.
Thanks,
for the NFP driver portion:
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com>
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