On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 09:59 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:03:26 +0100
>
> > [PATCH net-2.6] llc: fix a device refcount imbalance
> >
> > commit abf9d537fea225 (llc: add support for SO_BINDTODEVICE) added one
> > refcount imbalance in llc_ui_bind(), because dev_getbyhwaddr() doesnt
> > take a reference on device, while dev_get_by_index() does.
> >
> > Fix this using RCU locking. And since an RCU conversion will be done for
> > 2.6.38 for dev_getbyhwaddr(), put the rcu_read_lock/unlock exactly at
> > their final place.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
>
> Applied and queued up for -stable.
Hi,
Could I kindly ask if my patch is accepted?
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
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