netdev - Re: [PATCH -net v2 0/2] net: netpoll and netconsole fixes

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Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:16:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nikolay@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -net v2 0/2] net: netpoll and netconsole fixes 

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:02:34 +0200

> This small patchset fixes a possible race condition in netpoll_cleanup
> which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference because the check and
> manipulation of np->dev are done outside of the rtnl lock (patch 01).
> The second patch fixes a deadlock in netconsole and does a trivial comment
> style fix.

Both applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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