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| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/dst.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dst.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h index baf597890064..621e3513ef5e 100644 --- a/include/net/dst.h +++ b/include/net/dst.h @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct dst_entry { }; extern u32 *dst_cow_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old); -extern const u32 dst_default_metrics[RTAX_MAX]; +extern const u32 dst_default_metrics[]; #define DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY 0x1UL #define __DST_METRICS_PTR(Y) \ diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c index 069d51d29414..56d63612e1e4 100644 --- a/net/core/dst.c +++ b/net/core/dst.c @@ -149,7 +149,15 @@ int dst_discard(struct sk_buff *skb) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_discard); -const u32 dst_default_metrics[RTAX_MAX]; +const u32 dst_default_metrics[RTAX_MAX + 1] = { + /* This initializer is needed to force linker to place this variable + * into const section. Otherwise it might end into bss section. + * We really want to avoid false sharing on this variable, and catch + * any writes on it. + */ + [RTAX_MAX] = 0xdeadbeef, +}; + void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev, int initial_ref, int initial_obsolete, unsigned short flags) |