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-rw-r--r--include/net/dst.h2
-rw-r--r--net/core/dst.c10
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)