netdev - Re: [BUG] NULL pointer dereference in skb

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Date:	Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:08:50 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 02:56:16AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:29:26 +0200
> 
> > After some re-checking one more question: why do you think this
> > qdisc_root_lock() is safe as sch_tree_lock() (or anywhere else)? It
> > seems, eg. during deactivation it can get root_lock of qdisc_default,
> > and proceed with another qdisc?
> 
> We hold RTNL at the time.
> 
> If it's the default qdisc, that's fine, we'll reset it and free
> up the packets when the RCU handler of the qdisc_destroy() runs.
> 
> That's a case where locking the wrong qdisc is OK.

Right! Thanks again,

Jarek P.
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