netdev - Re: [NET]: Fix gen_estimator timer removal race

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:30:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...pl
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NET]: Fix gen_estimator timer removal race

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:48:01 +0200

> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 05:47:51PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> > This is an updated version of the gen_estimator fix
> > that relies on all changes happening under the rtnl
> > and just fixes the race between timer rearming and
> > timer removal.
> > 
> > 
> 
> > [NET]: Fix gen_estimator timer removal race
> > 
> > As noticed by Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>, the timer removal in
> > gen_kill_estimator races with the timer function rearming the timer.
> > 
> > Check whether the timer list is empty before rearming the timer
> > in the timer function to fix this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> 
> Acked-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>

Applied, thanks guys.
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