Re: xfrm_state locking regression...
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2008-09-23 13:32:47
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2008-09-23 13:32:47
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:30:06PM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
I have no strong opinion either way. So what ever you want, I'm happy to provide a patch for.
Let's just leave it as it is for now.
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What about xfrm_cfg_mutex?It's used only in xfrm_state_gc_task. xfrm_state_walk_{init,done} touch xfrm_state_walks list without locking properly. At least in the version I'm looking (= net-next-2.6 via git web interface).
Their callers should be holding it. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt