The patch titled
netlink: don't reinitialize callback mutex
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
netlink-dont-reinitialize-callback-mutex.patch
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Subject: netlink: don't reinitialize callback mutex
From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Don't reinitialize the callback mutex the netlink_kernel_create caller
handed in, it is supposed to already be initialized and could already be
held by someone.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN net/netlink/af_netlink.c~netlink-dont-reinitialize-callback-mutex
net/netlink/af_netlink.c
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c~netlink-dont-reinitialize-callback-mutex
+++ a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -388,8 +388,12 @@ static int __netlink_create(struct socke
sock_init_data(sock, sk);
nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
- nlk->cb_mutex = cb_mutex ? : &nlk->cb_def_mutex;
- mutex_init(nlk->cb_mutex);
+ if (cb_mutex)
+ nlk->cb_mutex = cb_mutex;
+ else {
+ nlk->cb_mutex = &nlk->cb_def_mutex;
+ mutex_init(nlk->cb_mutex);
+ }
init_waitqueue_head(&nlk->wait);
sk->sk_destruct = netlink_sock_destruct;
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
origin.patch
networking-fix-sending-netlink-message-when-replace-route.patch
git-net.patch
netlink-dont-reinitialize-callback-mutex.patch
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