On Thu, 2016-09-29 at 16:01 +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:

> When we reach __sk_mem_reduce_allocated() we are sure we can free the
> specified amount of memory, so we only need to ensure consistent
> sk_prot->memory_allocated updates. The current atomic operation suffices
> to this.

Then why are you updating sk->sk_forward_alloc using racy operations ?

If this is not needed or racy, do not do it.

So that we can remove this annoying thing that a dynamic checker could
very well detect.



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