It seems commit fda9ef5d679b07c9d9097aaf6ef7f069d794a8f9 introduced a RCU protection for sk_filter(), without a rcu_dereference()

Either we need a rcu_dereference(), either a comment should explain why we dont need it. I vote for the former.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 67e35c7..6e1542d 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static inline int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff 
*skb)
                return err;
        
        rcu_read_lock_bh();
-       filter = sk->sk_filter;
+       filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
        if (filter) {
                unsigned int pkt_len = sk_run_filter(skb, filter->insns,
                                filter->len);

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