netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vxlan: add necessary locking on device removal

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:51:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	pshelar@...ira.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vxlan: add necessary locking on device removal

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:18:18 -0700

> The socket management is now done in workqueue (outside of RTNL)
> and protected by vn->sock_lock. There were two possible bugs, first
> the vxlan device was removed from the VNI hash table per socket without
> holding lock. And there was a race when device is created and the workqueue
> could run after deletion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Applied.
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