Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: Acquire device lock when releasing device
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2011-11-27 16:48:41
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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2011-11-27 16:48:41
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kvm, lkml, virtualization
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 03:45:03PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
From: Sasha Levin <redacted> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:19:42 +0200quoted
Device lock should be held when releasing a device, and specifically when calling vhost_dev_cleanup(). Otherwise, RCU complains about it:...quoted
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <redacted>Michael et al., are you guys going to gather this fix or should I apply it directly to thet net tree? Thanks.
I think it needs a small tweak before being applied. -- MST