[PATCH v2 net 1/2] vxlan: avoid using stale vxlan socket. · Pravin B Shelar <hidden> · 2016-10-28
[PATCH v2 net 2/2] geneve: avoid using stale geneve socket. · Pravin B Shelar <hidden> · 2016-10-28
Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] geneve: avoid using stale geneve socket. · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2016-10-30
Re: [PATCH v2 net 1/2] vxlan: avoid using stale vxlan socket. · David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> · 2016-10-30

Re: [PATCH v2 net 1/2] vxlan: avoid using stale vxlan socket.

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2016-10-30 00:56:45

From: Pravin B Shelar <redacted>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:59:15 -0700

When vxlan device is closed vxlan socket is freed. This
operation can race with vxlan-xmit function which
dereferences vxlan socket. Following patch uses RCU
mechanism to avoid this situation.

Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <redacted>

Applied.

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