From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:19:33 -0700
> Alternative solution for problem found by Linux Driver Verification > project (linuxtesting.org). > > As it noted in the comment before the br_handle_frame_finish > function, this function should be called under rcu_read_lock. > > The problem callgraph: > br_dev_xmit -> br_nf_pre_routing_finish_bridge_slow -> > -> br_handle_frame_finish -> br_port_get_rcu -> rcu_dereference > > And in this case there is no read-lock section. > > Reported-by: Denis Efremov <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Applied, thanks Stephen. Please CC: this to netdev next time. It's in a grey area whether I or the netfilter folks should apply this one, and here I'm deciding to take care of it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
