When peernet2id() had to lock "nsid_lock" before iterating through the nsid table, we had to disable BHs, because VXLAN can call peernet2id() from the xmit path: vxlan_xmit() -> vxlan_fdb_miss() -> vxlan_fdb_notify() -> __vxlan_fdb_notify() -> vxlan_fdb_info() -> peernet2id(). Now that peernet2id() uses RCU protection, "nsid_lock" isn't used in BH context anymore. Therefore, we can safely use plain spin_lock()/spin_unlock() and let BHs run when holding "nsid_lock". Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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