netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv4: ipmr_expire_timer causes crash when removing net namespace

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:29:51 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...stanetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipv4: ipmr_expire_timer causes crash when removing
 net namespace

On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 17:15 -0700, Francesco Ruggeri wrote:
> I
> +static void ipmr_free_table(struct mr_table *mrt)
> +{
> +	del_timer(&mrt->ipmr_expire_timer);
> +	mroute_clean_tables(mrt);
> +	kfree(mrt);
> +}

Seems racy to me.

del_timer() doesnt make sure timer is completely disabled.

Probably need spin_lock_bh(&mfc_unres_lock) /
spin_unlock_bh(&mfc_unres_lock), and maybe del_timer_sync()

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