netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] vxlan: fix igmp races

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:15:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	pshelar@...ira.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] vxlan: fix igmp races

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:40:15 -0700

> There are two race conditions in existing code for doing IGMP
> management in workqueue in vxlan. First, the vxlan_group_used
> function checks the list of vxlan's without any protection, and
> it is possible for open followed by close to occur before the
> igmp work queue runs.
> 
> To solve these move the check into vxlan_open/stop so it is
> protected by RTNL. And split into two work structures so that
> there is no racy reference to underlying device state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Applied, thanks Stephen.
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